Record Details

Response of clove (Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & Perry) seedlings and black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) cuttings to propagating media under nursery conditions

DSpice at Indian Institute of Spices Research

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Creator THANKAMANI, C K
SIVARAMAN, K
KANDIANNAN, K
 
Date 2006-09-19T06:31:22Z
2006-09-19T06:31:22Z
1996-12
 
Identifier Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops 5 (2) : 99-104, 1996
0971-3328
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/73
 
Description Various propagating media were evaluated for enhancing growth of clove (Syzygium aromaticum L.) seedlings in the nursery and the best was soil and vermicompost mixed in 1 : 1 proportion. The transplanting time of clove seedlings could also be shortened to 1 year by adopting this media in the nursery. Vermicompost was also evaluated as a propagating media for black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) in comparison with potting mixture comprising of soil, sand and farmyard manure. Black pepper cuttings raised in vermicompost were significantly taller and had more number of leaves than in potting mixture.
 
Format 327782 bytes
application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Publisher Indian Society for Spices
 
Subject black pepper
clove
nursery
Piper nigrum
propagating media
Syzygium aromaticum
 
Title Response of clove (Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & Perry) seedlings and black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) cuttings to propagating media under nursery conditions
 
Type Article