General Part-1

Technology Code:-	:	201542262357325
Organization Details...
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Division name if any	:	Crop Production and Post Harvest Technology
Details of Inventors..
Principal Inventor	:	Dr. V. Srinivasan
Principal Inventor Designation:	:	Principal Scientist
Principal Inventor Email	:	vsrinivasan@spices.res.in
Principal Inventor Address	:	ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research,Marikunnu P.O., Calicut-673012
Co-Inventor Name	:	Dr. R Dinesh, Dr. S. Hamza
Co-Inventor Email	:	rdinesh2005@gmail.com,hamza@spices.res.in
Technology Name	:	A micronutrient composition for cardamom and a process for its preparation
Technology Details..
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Complete Details of Technology:	:
Micronutrients are those essential elements like copper, manganese, zinc, iron, boron, molybdenum etc which are required by plants in very small amounts. Besides promoting plant metabolic activities and growth of the plants, they play a major role in improving quality, size, color, taste, earliness, input use efficiency of NPK fertilizers, water, disease resistance etc. The yield and quality of spices depend on the soils on which they are grown and continuous exploitation of soil without replenishing the nutrients results in low yield, poor quality of the produce, besides making the crop susceptible to pests and diseases. In general, black pepper and cardamom are grown mainly in red and laterite soils of South India, Western Ghats and North Eastern states where soils are highly weathered and low in nutrient status. Besides, low pH, imbalance in the availability of major and secondary nutrients and application of inadequate quantities of organic manures have worsened the situation. At present about 48.1% of Indian soils are deficient in available zinc, 11.2% in iron, 7% in available copper and 5.1% in available manganese. Besides, deficiencies of boron and molybdenum have also been reported in soils. Soils with multi-micronutrient deficiencies are also reported. Studies across spices growing tracts of Kerala and Karnataka under different cropping systems showed an alarming trend of nutrient imbalance. Soils were acidic with >54% of samples falling below 5.5 pH. The mean available P level was above 25 kg ha-1 and more than 60% of the soils had very high (36-100 kg ha-1) available P. The exchangeable K levels were low-medium in 70% of soils, exchangeable Ca was low in 40%, exchangeable Mg in 75% of the samples and B in 59% samples. Relatively excess/ indiscriminate and long term use of N & P straight fertilizers, which are generally free from micronutrients, ignoring potential soil amelioration with liming materials, has raised serious concern about preferential building up of P and imbalance of other nutrients, and created wide spread deficiencies of secondary and micronutrients especially Mg, B and Zn in major spice growing soils. These deficiencies/limitations reduce yield significantly. Efforts to correct this imbalance have to be made through promotion of site specific nutrient management taking into consideration the initial soil fertility status. In order to find a solution for this serious problem, ICAR-IISR, Kozhikode, Kerala has developed crop specific, soil pH based micronutrient mixtures for foliar application in cardamom which guarantees 15 to 25% increase in yield, besides enhancing quality. An innate advantage of these mixtures is that they can also be used in organic agriculture and therefore are benign and environment friendly. In order to sustain the growth and production, split foliar application of nutrient mixtures evenly between the stages of nutrient demand like new flush production is recommended. The evaluation trials conducted at farmer?s field in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has given a clear yield advantage of 10-30% on various spices with significant increase in quality parameters as compared to control (non sprayed) fields.
Brief Description of Technology Including Salient Features:
Studies across spices growing tracts of Kerala and Karnataka under different cropping systems showed an alarming trend of nutrient imbalance. Soils were acidic with >54% of samples falling below 5.5 pH. The mean available P level was above 25 kg ha-1 and more than 60% of the soils had very high (36-100 kg ha-1) available P. The exchangeable K levels were low-medium in 70% of soils, exchangeable Ca was low in 40%, exchangeable Mg in 75% of the samples and B in 59% samples. Relatively excess/ indiscriminate and long term use of N & P straight fertilizers, which are generally free from micronutrients, ignoring potential soil amelioration with liming materials, has raised serious concern about preferential building up of P and imbalance of other nutrients, and created wide spread deficiencies of secondary and micronutrients especially Mg, B and Zn in major spice growing soils. These deficiencies/limitations reduce yield significantly. Efforts to correct this imbalance have to be made through promotion of site specific nutrient management taking into consideration the initial soil fertility status. In order to find a solution for this serious problem, ICAR-IISR, Kozhikode, Kerala has developed crop specific, soil pH based micronutrient mixtures for foliar application in cardamom which guarantees 15 to 25% increase in yield, besides enhancing quality. An innate advantage of these mixtures is that they can also be used in organic agriculture and therefore are benign and environment friendly. In order to sustain the growth and production, split foliar application of nutrient mixtures evenly between the stages of nutrient demand like new flush production is recommended.
Benefits/Utility	:
Soil pH based,crop specific, increases yield by 10-25%,Enhances quality of the crop produce,low cost, easy application,Can be used in organic agriculture
Precaution With The Technology	:	Can not be mixed with any other plant protection inputs
Time Of Application Use	:	once during panicle initiation and another after three months.
How To Use	:
Foliar spray at 5g per liter
Impact, If Adopted	:
15 to 25% increase in yield with significant increase in quality parameters like boldness in cardamom
Technology Spread	:
Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Telangana, Andra Pradesh
TargetUsers/Stake holders	:	Fertilizer companies, Farmers and other stakeholders
Technology Contact..
Name	:	Director
Email	:	director@spices.res.in,director.spices@icar.gov.in
Phone Number	:	0495-2730294
Fax Number	:	0495-2731187
Address	:	ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research,Marikunnu P.O.,Calicut-673012
Name	:	Dr. V. Srinivasan
Email	:	vsrinivasan@spices.res.in
Keyword for Technology	:	Micronutrient,nutrient management

Technology Development Details Part-2

Project Details (Through which technology was developed)	:	Organic Farming
Technology Validated by	:	Within ICAR
Technology Validation Details..
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Organization Name(if within ICAR)	:	ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research,Calicut
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Year of Release/Adoption(YYYY)	:	4-2013
License Agreement(LA)	:	YES
Licensing Term	:	10 years
Nature of License	:	non-exclusive
Duration of License	:	11
License Fee	:	300000
Training Support	:	Yes
Scalability Requirements..
Commercial Availability	:	vailable through commercial outlets in states of Kerala, Karnataka, Telengana, Maharashtra, TamilNadu, Andra Pradesh,Gujarat
Limiting Factors For Large Scale Commercialization	:	Compliance to fertiliser control order
Is There Any Other Process/Product/Technology that Is Critical Or Contributes To The SuccessfulUse Of Technology	:	No

Applies To(Regional Differentiation)Inform Part-3

Location...
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Farmer Land Holding Size	:	'Agriculture'
Farmer Type	:	'All'
Soil Type/Resource Type..
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Publication Related To Technology Part-4

Technology Commercialized

Name and Address of License	:	M/s.Rainbow Agri Life, 42-129-9, Near Chinna Chowk, Panchayat Office, Jayanagar Colony, Kadapa 516002, Andhra Pradesh
Start date of License	:	2015
Termination date of License(valid up to)	:	2025
Licensing Fee	:	200000
Royalty Rates	:	03
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Technology Commercialized

Name and Address of License	:	M/s. Raja G Enterprises, No. 2, Venketasamy Street, Fort, Salem 636001, Tamil Nadu
Start date of License	:	2017
Termination date of License(valid up to)	:	2027
Licensing Fee	:	250000
Royalty Rates	:	03
Cost Estimation Details	:

Technology Commercialized

Name and Address of License	:	M/s. Linga Chemicals, #3B-1, Police Station Lane, East Masi Street, Madurai 625001, Tamil Nadu
Start date of License	:	2017
Termination date of License(valid up to)	:	2027
Licensing Fee	:	200000
Royalty Rates	:	03
Cost Estimation Details	:

Technology Commercialized

Name and Address of License	:	M/s. Hi7 Agri Bio Solutions, #832, 'Sapthagiri Nilaya', Vasanthanagar, Hessarghatta Village, Bengaluru 560088, Karnataka
Start date of License	:	2017
Termination date of License(valid up to)	:	2027
Licensing Fee	:	200000
Royalty Rates	:	03
Cost Estimation Details	:

Technology Commercialized

Name and Address of License	:	M/s. A&N Traders, Kandathipparambil, Mangattukavala, Thodupuzha 685584, Idukki District, Kerala
Start date of License	:	2017
Termination date of License(valid up to)	:	2027
Licensing Fee	:	250000
Royalty Rates	:	03
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Technology Commercialized

Name and Address of License	:	M/s.Natura Nursery and Agro Products, Meppayur P.O., 673524, Kerala
Start date of License	:	2018
Termination date of License(valid up to)	:	2028
Licensing Fee	:	200000
Royalty Rates	:	03
Cost Estimation Details	: