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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GROUP MEETING OF RESEARCH WORKERS (XI WORKSHOP) OF ALL INDIA COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT ON SPICES

Held at KANAKAKUNNU PALACE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

during

JULY 26-28, 1991

Project Coordinator : S. EDISON

ALL INDIA COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT ON SPICES NATIOtJAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR SPICES {Indian Council of Agricultural Research) CALICUT- 673 012, KERALA

1991

CONTENTS

Page

1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 - 3

2 . SUMMARY REPORT 4 - 6

3 . PROGRAMME 7 - 8

4. INAUGURAL SESSION

Welcome Address 9 - 1 4

DR K.L.CHADHA, Deputy Director General , ICAR

Project C o o r d i n a t o r ' s Report : Dr . S .Edison 1 5 - 2 0

Inaugural Address 21 - 24 Sh r i K.KARUNAKARAN, Hon'ble Chief Minis te r , Govt, of Kerala

P re s iden t i a l Address 25 - 27 Shr i P.P.GEORGE, Hon'ble Minister for Agr icu l tu re , Govt, of Kerala

5. TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Technical Session I 2 8 - 3 9 Action taken on the recommendations of the p rev ious Workshop

Technical Session II 40 - 43 Genetic Resources

Technical Session III 44 - 51 Crop Improvement , Physiology & Biochemis t ry

Technical Session IV 52 - 55 Group Discussion on plant ing mate r i a l product ion & d i s t r i b u t i o n of Spices

Technical Session V 5 6 - 5 9 Plant Protect ion

Technical Session VI 60 - 62 Varie ty Release

Technical Session VII 63 - 66 Agronomy & Soil Science

Technical Session VIII 67 - 70

P lenary Session

6. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 71 - 80

7 . LIST OF COORDINATING CENTRES UNDER AICRP ON SPICES 81

ACKNOWL-.DGEMENTS

The Group f/ceting (in l ieu of t h e XI Workshop) of t h e All

India Coordinated Research Project on Spices was he ld at t he

Kenakakunnu Pa lace , Tr ivandrum. Shr i K Karunakaran, Hon'ble Chief

Minis ter , Government of Kerala inaugurated the National Group Meeting

which was p r e s i d e d over • by Shr i P P George, Hon' b l e Minister for

Agricul ture , Government of Kerala . Wc a r e indeed grateful to the

Hon'ble Chief Minister and t h e Hon'ble Minister for Agricul ture who

have so k ind ly p a r t i c i p a t e d in the Inaugural function and de l i ve r ed t h e

inaugural and p r e s i d e n t i a l a d d r e s s e s r e s p e c t i v e l y .

Dr. K L Chadha , Deputy Director General (Hor t i cu l tu re ) , ICAR

was kind enough to be p resen t throughout t h e durat ion of the Workshop

and guided us in the d e l i b e r a t i o n s . He gave welcome a d d r e s s to t h e

VIPs, d ign i t a r i e s ?nd o the r d i s t ingu ished p a r t i c i p a n t s in the Trivandrum

V.'orkshop. I aro ext remely grateful to Dr. K L Chadha for h i s

k indness and concern towards the r e s e a r c h on sp i ce s and t h e

de l ibe ra t ions during t h e Meeting. I am qui te grateful to Dr . P

Pcthinam, Assis tant Director Gener?il (Plantat ion Crops) who has been

instrumental in obtaining t h e clearance from the ICAR h e a d q u a r t e r s and

also the va luable adv ice p rov ided from t ime to time in t h e conduct of

the V7orkshop. I am also grateful to Dr. S Nagarajan, Assis tant

Director General (Plant Protec t ion) who has been k ind to p a r t i c i p a t e in

t h e d e l i b e r a t i o n s and also d i scussed about t h e p r o g r e s s in r e s e a r c h

under the ICAR funded Adhoc Scheme on Ginger Rhizome Rot. The re

were many Directors of Agr icu l ture /Hor t icu l ture from di f ferent States in

the country who took p a r t in t h e de l i be r a t i ons and we a r e grateful to

them for t h e i r k ind p a r t i c i p a t i o n .

I am grateful to Dr. M K Nair , Di rec to r , Central Plantat ion

Crops Research Ins t i t u t e , Kssaragod for h i s ful l f ledged s u p p o r t ,

continued encouragement and prov is ion of v a r i o u s f a c i l i t i e s in t h e

smooth conduct of the Trivandrum Workshop. The col leagues from t h e

CPCRI Research Cent re , Palode have taken up enormous pa ins to ef?ûre

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the best of facilities to conduct the Workshop at Trivandrum. Dr.

G.G.Nayar, Director, Central Tuber Crops Research Insti tute,

Trivandrum has provided sufficient physical facilities as well as

manpower to assist nje in organising and conducting the Workshop. I

am thankful to Dr. A Ramadasan, Offg. Director, National Research

Centre for Spices, Calicut and the team of Scientists & other staff from

NRCS who have helped in various stages in organising the Workshop at

Trivandrum. Shri TA Sriram, Senior Technical Officer, ICAR htas been

a source of strength for us in crit ically monitoring and conducting the

Proceedings from time to time and I am grateful to him.

Dr. KUK Namboodhiri, Principal Scientist-in-charge & h i s team,

CPCRI Research Centre, Palode, Dr. M Thankappan, Dr.S G Nair &

their team from GTCRI, Trivandrum have put in extraordinary hsrd

work to enable provision of various facilities and enable the smooth

conduct of the V>'orkshop. Shri P Susheelan, Director (PPM Cell) &

Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Government of Kerala,

Shri T Janardhanan Nair, Director of Agriculture, Shri M R Vijayan,

Joint Director of Agriculture and Mrs. Remani, Principal Information

Officer have been quite cooperative and extended valuable support in

obtaining end mobilising various facilities from the Government of

Kerala, Department of Agriculture and other Organisations in Trivandrum

which has been responsible for the smooth and successful conduct of

the VJorkshop.

Dr. K L Cbadha, Dr. P Rethinam & Dr S Nagarajan have spared

their valuable time to chair the Technical Sessions during the

V.'orkshop. Dr. M K Nair, Dr. M Aravindakshan, Di*. I IrUlappan & Dr.

EVV Bhaskara Rao, deserve special thanks for having chaired various

Technical Sessions during the Workshop. The Scientists from the NRCS

and the Coordinating Centres have bean coopted to act as Rapporteurs

for various Sessions and they have done an excellent job in providing

the Proceedings of the Meeting in time and I am grateful to them.

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During the Group Meeting there was a bv;p&ratc Technical

Session to discuss about the production & distribution of planting

materirl of spices and this was attended by the Directors of

Agriculture from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Mizoram

states besides the Director, Directorate of Cocoa, Arecanut & Spices

Development, Director, Central State Farm, Aralam. We are grateful to

these Senior Officials who have taken pains to prepare thei r status

papers for discussion. The Spices Board was represented by Dr. C K

George, Executive Director, Dr. R Naidu, Director (Research) and

several senior Scientists who had presented the progress in research

on cardamom for the benefit of par t ic ipants .

The various Horticultural Input Agencies had deputed the i r

staff under their R & D wing for an effective discussion on the various

inputs in improving spices productivity together with the cost factor.

An important event during the Trivandrum Workshop was the active

participation by the Progressive farmers from Kerala, Tamil Nadu &

Karnataka who took special efforts in interacting with the Scientific

Community on vaxTLous aspects of research and development of Spices.

The All India Radio, Trivandrum, Doordarshan as well as the mass-

media (Newspapers) had also effectively participated and covered the

inaugural function. I am grateful to the above Agencies for the

support to the discussions on Spices Research.

I also thank the Vice Chancellors and Directors of Research of

the various Agricultural Universities for having deputed their Scientists

to part icipate in the Spices Workshop at Trivandrum. The Kerala

Agricultural University in particular was kind enough to nominate the

participation of Dr. 1/ Aravindakshan, Director of Research as well as

several Associate Directors whose presence was quite important in our

deliberations.

Last but not least I thank the authorities of the Kenakakunnu

Palace for making available all the facilities in good condition to

enable the smooth conduct of the Workshop.

SUMMARY REPORT

A Group Meeting of t h e All India Coordinated Research Project

on Spices - Research Workers ' was he ld during July 26-28, 1991 at

Tr ivandrum. About 100 de lecntes p a r t i c i p a t e d in the Group Meeting

who v/cre drsv.'Ti from var ious S la t e s , r ep resen t ing the 14 Coordinating

Contror- under t h e AICRP on S p i c ' located in t h e State Agricul tural

Ui i ivcr t i l i es , t he Naiional Research Centre for Sp ices , t he Central

Pknt^'-lir/a Crept: Research I n s t i t u t e , the Indian Cardamom Research

Instil atci (SpicoG Board ) , Haryniia Agricultur^'l Univers i ty and t h e

Dircctoraio of Cocoa, Arec^nut and Spices Development (Minis t ry of

Ar:.-.'cui;ui-c). The Liaugural cession was he ld on t h e forenoon of t h e

26th July and was p r e s i d e d over by Shr i P P George, Hon'ble Minster

for A j t l cu l tu ro , Kerala and inaugurated by Shr i K Karunakaran, Hon 'ble

Chiof Mlnii-ter of Kerala . The Chief Minister in h i s inaugural a d d r e s s

h igh l igh ted the necess i ty of improving p r o d u c t i v i t y of sp i ce s by

adopt ing modern & sc ient i f ic me thods , use of high y ie ld ing v a r i e t i e s ,

adopting p rope r pos t h a r v e s t technology e t c . He was a lso emphat ic

for f ixation of optimum floor p r i c e for sp i ce s so as to enab le / improve

ovr p->rfcrmance in the expor t f ront . The Chief Minister a lso opined

t'ln Government to c rea te a National Spices Research Ins t i tu te in Kera la .

Dr . K L Chadha in h i s welcome a d d r e s s h igh l igh ted t h e

re levance of cp ices r e s e a r c h and development a c t i v i t i e s in t h e cur ren t

cc' : . .o:r/ . Dr. S Edison, Frojec'c Coordinator p re sen ted t h e up to da t e

I'oport of the P ro j ec t , indica t ing t h e sa l ien t r e s e a r c h ach ievemen t s .

IIo CIBO mentioned about the a v a i l a b i l i t y of t h e number of new

var5ci.icD, new techniques in plant ing mater ia l and control of p e s t s and

djccacoc;. The Group Meeting w?,s l a t e r conducted in 8 Sess ions . The

crops covered in the d i scuss ions were b l ack p e p c r , cardamom, (small

& Irux'e), g inger , t u r m e r i c , cumin, c o r i a n d e r , fennel and fenugreek .

Th^- pr>.jeediags of t h e ind iv idua l sess ions were p r e s e n t e d in t h e

Plunrj.ry Session on t h e 28th J u l y , p r e s i d e d ove r by Dr. P Rethinam,

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ADG (PC). Several technologies were identified for transfer to

farmers. An important event hcs been the rccuiDmcndation for the

release of 11 varieties of spices.

In black pepper, Aimpiriyan selection (No.856) with an yield

potential of 5.25 fresh pepper/vine, with 4.7% piperinc, 12.5%

oloorcsin a 3.4% essential oil was recommended for release; the

recovery percentage was 36. A second variety in black pepper v i z . ,

Ottaplackal-l with the primary character of tolerance to the root knot

nematode v i z . , Meloidogync incof>nita recommended for release gives an

yield of 4.7 kg of green pepper vine.

In Cardamom, 5 variet ies have been recommended for release

v i z . , MCC-19 & MCC-61, CCS-1, Mudigere-1 & PV-1. Selection MCC-49

is a Malabar clonal material capable of yielding 325 kg dry

capsules/ha under rainfcd conditions; the yield will be 656 kg/ha

undsr irrigated conditions. Another Selection, MCC-61 is a Mysore

type , capable of yielding 375 kg dried capsules/ha under rainfed

conditions; i t yields 765 kg under irrigated conditions. These 2

variet ies arc adopted to Vandenmettu and Vandiperiyar a reas . The

variety h'udigere-1 is a prostr? 2 type vvith an y 'eld potential of 250-

300 dry capsules/ha and is suitable for Malnad region of Karnatak?.

The Pampadump^ra Centre in Idukki has identified a Valayar Local

(Malabar) selection with an yield potential of 500 kg/ha and is

suitable for all the cardamom growing areas; th is is recommended for

release ss PV-1.

In Coriander, Co-3 from Coimbatore has been recommended for

Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu s ta tes . It has an yield

potential of 650 kg/ha and is one week early in maturing than the

ruling variety Co-2. This variety shows less incidence of wilt and

grain mould diseases. The Guntur Centre has identified for release

CS-2. In Cumin, MC-43-73, ?n induced mutant with an yield potential

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of 573 kp/ha and h^s been recommended for release; i t has an oil

content of 4% p.nd in moderately tolerant against bl ight . In ginger, a

vegetative mutant V,K,-3 has betn recommended from Pottangi Centre.

It has an yield potential of 17.4 tones of fresh rhizomes/ha and 10.2%

olcoresin.

Besides the var ie t ies , a few more technologies have been

recommended. During the Group Meeting, a protracted discussion was

conducted under the Chairmanship of Dr. K L Chadha about the

production and distribution of planting material of spices . The

representatives from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Rajasthan and Mizoram states

presented their r epor t s . The certified n u r s e r y programmes, nursery

code, extension of "Seed Act" for spices and the collaborative efforts

betvvêen the State Agricultural Universities and Development Departments

were discussed. It was suggested to approach the Minister for

Agriculture to establish clonal orchards so as to build elite planting

material. The Group Meeting also expressed concern about initiation of

research activit ies and tree spices under coordinated programme.

P R O G R A M M E

Venue

Dates

Kanakakunnu Palace Museum Junction Trivandrum - 695 001 KERALA

July 26, 27 & 28, 1991

Ju ly 26, 1991

0830 - 0930

1000 - 1100

Welcome Address

Report of t h e Project Coordinator

P res iden t i a l Addr^gg

Inaugural Address

Vote of t hanks

1100 - 1230

1230 - 1330 ) 1430 - 1530 )

Registrat ion

Inaugural Session

Dr. K L Chadha Deputy Director Genefal (Hort) ICAR

Dr. S Edison Project Coordinator (Spices) ICAR

Shr i P P George Hon'bio Minister for Agricul ture & Animal Husbandry , Govt, of Kerala

Shr i K Karunakaran Hon'ble Chief Minis te r , Govt, of Kerala

Dr . A R.imadasan Oi rec tor , ffRC for S p i c e s , Ca/icut

Technical Session I : "ACTION TAKEN ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PREVIOUS WORKSHOP" (Chairman ; Dr . K L Chadha , ICAR)

Rappor teur : Dr. S Edison

All 14 Centres p resen ted r e p o r t s .

Technical Session II : "GENETIC RESOURCES" (Chairman : Dr. EVV Bhaskara Rao, Projec t Coord ina tor , NRC for Cashew, Pu t tu r ) Rppportours : Mr. B Krishnamoorthy

Dr. K K Ibrahim

Aspects of germplasm co l lec t ion , d e s c r i p t i o n , eva lua t ion , germplasm

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1530 - 1800

July 27. 1991

0900 - 1300

1400 - 1600

1600 - 2000

Ju ly 28 , 1991

0930 - 1330

1330 - 1530

1630 - 1830 :

Vote of t hanks :

Group Kêeting conc ludes .

Technical Session III : •"CROP IMPROVEMENT" [Includinc Physiology ?n.l Biochoscistry 1 (Chairmrn s Dr. M K Nair , Di rec to r , CPCRI) Rapporte. i rs s Mr. K Ninr. i l Bnbu

Dr. Pe te r GB Vedcimuthu

All t he 14 Centres p resen ted t h e i r r e p o r t s .

Technical Session III (continued)

Technical Session IV t < "GROUP DISCUSSION ON PLANTING MATERIAL PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION OF SPICES" (Chairman r Dr. K L Chadha , DDG(H), ICAR) Cc-Chairman % Dr. P Rcthinam

Dr. S Edison Rapportt-'ur : Mr. K G Thomas

Directors of Agriculture & Hort icul ture from major States p resen ted r e p o r t s .

Technical Session V s "PLANT PROTECTION" (Chairman ; Dr.S Nagarajan, ADG(PP), ICAR) Co-Chairman : Dr . K M Rajan Rappor teurs : Mr, M N Venugopal

Ms. C P a r v a t h i

All t he 14 Centres p re sen ted t h e i r r e p o r t & the presenta t ion from the ad hoc scheme Centres on ginger rhizome ro t

Technical Session VI "VARIETY RELEASE" (Chairman s Dr. M Aravindakshan

Direc tor of Resea rch , KAU) Rappor teurs : Mr, A Manohar Rao

Dr, N Kumar

Technical Session VII : "AGRONOMY a SOIL SCIENCE" (Chairman : Dr. I I r u l appan , Dean, TNAU) Rappor teurs s Dr. S Thamburaj

Mr. VS Korikanthim«th

All t he K Centres p r e s e n t e d t h e i r r e p o r t s .

Technical Session VIII : "PLENARY SESSION" (Chairman e Dr. P Rcthinam, ADG(PC) ICAR) Rapporteur ; Dr. S Edison

Dr, S Edison, P ro jec t Coordina tor

INAUGURAL SESSION

WELCOME ADDRESS BY DR K L CHADHA

Deputy OixectoT General (Hort) ICAR

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Sri K Karunakaran, Hon'ble

Minister for Ag'riculture 6 Animal Husb:indry, Kerala, Sri P P George, Dr.

S Edison, Project Coordinator (Spices), Dr. /; Ram?.das?.n, Director, NRC3,

Distinguished Guests, Friends from the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen,

1. First of a l l , on behalf of the ICAR and on my own behalf I

would l ike to extend a very warm welcome to the Hcn'ble Chief Minister

of Kerala, Sri K Karunakaranji who has very kindly responded to our

invitation and consented to inaugurate th i s national (-roup meeting of

research workers on spices . Sir, wo are conscious of your multifeirious

commitments despite which you have chosen to be with us which shows

your deep interest and commitment to the agricultural development of the

country. Even at an earl ier occasion when ICAR organised a discussion on

the "problems of coconut production in Kerala", you participated in the

discussion alone with the then Hon'ble Union Minister of Arrlculture, Dr.

Dhillon and Shri Makwnna, MOS Agriculture on September 27, 1986. You

had even then stressed the urgency of increasing coconut production in the

state and country. We are fortunste to have you again for the spices

group meeting and I again extend you a very warm welcome on th is

occasion.

2. We are equally grateful to Sri P P George, Hon'ble Minister of

Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Kerala State for agreeing to preside

over today 's function. I also extend you a very warm welcome to th i s

function. I am also grateful to all other par t ic ipants , invi tees, media men

for responding to our invitation and joining the inaugural session.

3. The venue for the present meeting was fixed at Triv-indrum as

being the capital of the major spices growing state in the country. For

those of you, who have come from other s ta tes , i t may be of interest to

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know that Kersda produce 95% of peppar, 70% of small cardamom and 25%

of ringer in the country. It has a sizeable production of t ree spices

also.

No country in the world f;Tov.'S as many kinds of spices as India

and the country's production of differnt spices is estimated at 2 million

tonnes valued at Rs.35,000 million. The- country holds the f irs t position

in the world in terms of ?vrea and production of spice crops in general.

Indian contribution to global trade in spicos is only about 20% valued at

Rs.2825 million. There is a conscious and welcome effort now to diversify

exports and to no in for value added items. World demand projected by

2000 x'.D is 411 thousand tonnes and this gives us a tremendous opportunity

to improve our exports and is particularly a challenî'e to R&D personnel

engaped on spices .

4. Considerinr; the importance of spices in the country several

steps have been taken to etrenpthen research support for these crops in

recent years .

i ) ICAR upp;raded the erstwhile Central Plantation Crops Research

Institute Regional Station located at Calicut to the level of

National Research Centre for Spices during 1986.

i i ) We are fully aware that the quick wilt disease of pepper caused

by Phytophthora capsici is of (jreat concern to the pepper growers

as well as policy makers. Though causal organism and control

measures of this malady are known, we are intensifyinjr our efforts

to develop disease resistant pepper variet ies so that we can not

only avoid use of pesticides and eliminate residue problems but

also have a permanent solution to the disease.

i i i ) Similarly Azhukal is a major problem in cardamom in Kerala for

which also control measures are available but we are trying to

develop resistant l ines .

iv) Similarly in ginger, rhizome rot i s a serious problem in all the

ginger growing areas and a network research project has been

launched by ICAR recently at four centres namely Calicut, Solan

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(Himachal Pradesh) , Udaipur (Rajasthnn) an.v Bhubaneswar (Orissa)

to ov,iSTCDme this problem". The progress of th is work will also

be reviev;cd in the follo"7inf days ,

v) Duriri;7 the VIII Plan, dopendinp on the resource position

confiiderable strengthenin*; han been proposed both at the NRC fov

Spices at Calicrt artd the Coordinated Project.

vi) Recently the DBT has come forv/ard to finance, schemes for

mlcropropafraticn of pepper and tree spices, developing resictant

lines to Phytophthora through protoplast fusion, cryoprcservation

of popper e tc . and identified NRC Spices, Botany Department,

Calicut University, KAU ^ nd Spices Board to take up the above

said projects and the project proposals are beinf prepared.

vi i ) At the instance of Sri N.D. Tewari, the then Commerce Minister,

the Ministry of Afiriciilture had set up a National Committee on

Spices in 1988. I had the privilerê of being the Chairman of the

Workin;7 Group on Spices Research and presented a report on the

future strategies for Spices Research to the Department of

Agriculture which is under consideration.

5.: On development side also, s t ress is being laid on several

aspects .

J) I understand that the Govt, of Kerala is laying lot of s tress on

spices development and the year 1989-90 v/as declared as 'pepper

year ' and a whole set of farmer oriented programmes were taken

up . to improve the pepper industry in Kerala. This needs to be

commended.

i i ) Lack of improved planting material in adequate quantities is

another constraint in spices . I am happy to say that ICAK has

already sanctioned a Revolving Fund Scheme for augmenting

production of planting material of pepper .

i i i ) Similarly the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, GDI has

sanctioned a scheme entitled "Integrated programme for

development of spices" mainly on pepper, ginger, turmeric,

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chi l l ies , t ree spices and minor spices lik6 cumin', coriandei*,

fennel & fenugreek at an estimated cost of Ks.5.00 crores for 1991-

92. This programme will bo operated in 12 Agricultural

Universities, 3 ICAR Institutes and 21 State Departments of

Agriculture/Horticulture. The project will lay emphasis on lj»rge

scale production of planting materials, rehabilitation of old pepper

gardens in Kerala, supplying input ki ts to farmers to motivate

them to take up scientific cultivation, plant protection and

propagation of high yielding var ie t ies . Of Rs.5.00 crores ,

Rs.3.27 crores has been allocated to Kerala St?tc during the

current year .

iv) Very recently, the International Pepper Community also met in

Cochin, Kerala Slate and discussed various aspects of pepper

production, processing, marketing and export .

v) Recently the Spices Board under the Chairmanship of

Dr.M.S.Swaminathan had identfied the priori ty areas of research

and future strategy for export promotion of spices . These reports

if implemented will definitely help reorient our programme and

help in increase our exports .

6. The present group discussion which is the 11th in our series

is almost an annual feature ard is held under the aegies of All India

Coordinated Research Project on Spices which was initiated in 1971.

Under th is project, we are working at 15 Centres in 9 States on various

crops e .g . , black pepper, cardamom (small and large) , ginger, turmeric,

cumin, coriander, fennel and fenugreek. Besides research achievements,

we will also be reviewing the strategy for production of adequate planting

material of different spice crops for which we have invited Director of

Agriculture/Horticulture of all spice producing states besides Director of

Cocoa, Arecanut and Spices, Govt, of India. In this meeting, we will be

reviewing indepth, our programmes and achievements and would make

modifications wherever needt^d. You would be glad to know that the All

Indis Coordinated Research Project on Spices has several achievements to

i ts c red i t . A document on 5 year research achievements has been brought

out by Dr. Edison, Project Coordinator, for which he deserves

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commendation. He will soon be bringing out a comprehensive campendium

of tdl spice varieties relccised in Indir» with their major charsctc-rso The

Project Coordinator 'will be pr2&untin;'j a report oi resul ts , but I would

highlight a few important achievements only.

i ) In pepper the major limitation was the non-?.v?ilability of high

yielding variet ies except Panniyur-1 released during 1971. I am

happy that today we have seven more var ie t ies /hybr ids pt our

disposal which can definitely help to meet the quaJity planting

material requirement of the farmers. The High Production

Technology to get 1000 kg dry peppcr/ha developed at Calicut and

demonstrated in the farmers field is yet another milestone for

increasing the pepper production.

i i ) In cardamom, five variet ies are now available of which four are

in the pre-release stage. These high yielding variet ies if

multiplied through tissue culture and distributed will go a long

way for increasing the cardamom production. Since the micro

prop'agation technique is now being commercially used by a few

private firms, i t may not be that difficult to produce large scale

planting material . In th is crop also, the High Production

Technology for getting about 770 kg capsule/ha was developed and

demonstrated.

i i i ) In ginger and turmeric, we are in a favourable position, as we

have 3 ginger and 10 turmeric variet ies at present .

iv) In seed spices , which are also important from export point of

view, we have the high yielding var ie t ies . But s t i l l we have to

incrase the productivity of these crops which could be possible

through collection of exotic germplasni and evaluation.

v) In tree spices we spend nearly 25 crores/annum on import of clove

and nutm.eg. We need to do more work on these crops . Even

thou.^h we have good collection of germplasm, the genetic base is

quite narrow and this can be widened through exotic collection.

However, using the hi - h yielding clove t rees the planting

materials are being produced and dis t r ibuted. Epicotyl grafting

of nutmeg standardised by NRC for Spices helped to overcome sex

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problems.

vi) In the area of PHT, the cardatncm dryer developed by CPCRI has

become popular.

7. There are also some constraints in implementation of our

programmes. We shall discuss these and t ry to rectify those which are

possible. We are taking certain s teps:

i ) For instance, we are constitutinij a high level team of experts to

undertake a total review of our research on spices in various

states which will help us to identify our strengths and weaknesses

and to develop the future research strategy.

i i ) We have also taken steps to streamline the system of release of

horticultural crop variet ies and setting up a separate Horticultural

Variety Release Committee is under the active consideration of the

Govt, of India.

8. In the end, I once again thank the Hon'ble Chief Minister and

Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, povt. of Kerala, for

agreeing to be with us this morning. Sir, your presence is a source of

great strength to us . I can ass- re you on behalf of ICAR and on my

behalf that we in ICAR are aware of the problems of production of

plantation and spices crops predominantly grown in th is state and Ww will

put in our best resources and manpower to ensure higher production of

these crops. We will also make efforts to take full advantage of the

presence of a large number of scientists in reorienting programmes keeping

in view the thrusts so that both production "nd productivity of spices in

the country can be significantly increased.

Thank you,

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PROJECT COORDNATOK'S REPORT BY DR. S EDISON

All India Coordinated Research Project on Spices, NRCS, Calicut

I have immense pleasure in presenting before the learned audience,

a report on the progress of research of the All Indin Coordinated Research

Project on Spices since we had conducted the last Meeting' of this sor t ,

v i z . , the X Workshop of the Project held ?>t Coimbatore durinr; Aufust,

1989. This is the fourth independent Kfeetinj; of Spices Research Workers

after the bifurcation of th is Project in 1986 and essentially the eleventh

in the ser ies , initiated in 1971. This Coordinated Project was established

durinp 1971 with four centres and gradually grew to fifteen centres by the

end of the VII Plan. We have proposals to add one or two centres during

the VIII Plan as well . The mandatory crops of th is Project are black

pepper , cardamom (small & larjê), ginger, turmeric, cumin, coriander,

fennel a fenugreek and the research work is carried out under the varius

State Agricultural Universities as well as the ICAR Research Complex for

NEH Region. We have therefore with us today, a cross section of our

country with representatives of Scientists from Kerala to Himachal

Pradesh s Orissa and Sikkim besides Progressive Farmers and

representatives from the Horticultural Input Agencies. About 12 major

States h?vc been involved in our programme and under th is heterogenous

audience, it may be an interesting interaction on all the spices especially

those concerning research support from the ICAR system. A brief account

of the progress under the Project during the last two years i s briefly

enumerated below:

1. Gîetic resources ;

Panniyur centre improved i ts Black pepper collection by addition

from Karnataka, bringing to 200 j Sirsi has 75 including wild accessions

added during the year . Pottanpi maintains the largest germplasm v i z . .

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155 in Turmeric and 124 in Ginrer and this Centre h?s supplied material

to Jagtial , Solan and Coimbatoro Centres ^s well as NKCS. Solan Ccntro

added 59 new accessions to the Ginger collections, though a NBPGr.-joint

survey. The Cardamom j.-ermplasm at Mudigere Contre w s freely exchanccd

with the NRCS Appanjâla Centre, In Larpo C«irdamon;, additional (jcrmplasm

was broupht from Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Sikkim. Germplasm in

seed spices remain almost static and efforts arc underway to

import/exchange fronr* mediterranean countries.

2. Crop Improvement :

Varieties Panniyur-2, Panniyur-3 and Panniyur-4 have been released

with average yield of 1954 kp/ha, 1749 kr;/h' nd 975 kg/ha respect ively .

About 5 lakh rooted cuttings of these varieties have been i i s t r ibu tcd .

PV-1 cardamom selection is in advanced stages for release by KAU and in

case of M-1 cr^rdamom variety from Mudigere (UAS), 25 kg of seed capsules

were d is t r ibuted, each kilo seed yieldinj^ @ 70000 seedlings. The cultivar

'Pink Golsey' in Large Cardamom has performed superior in 2 years

successively; clone 4 (preen cardamom) has been identified and both are

being promoted for release as var ie t ies . The Pottanpi centre has released

the second variety in Ginger v i 2 . , Suruchi and a third variety "Surabi" is

under considration for rele'^se; the last one has less fibre (4%) content

and yields be t te r . In Coriander, variet ies 'Sadhar.i' and 'Swathi' have

been released by the APAU. These two vrr ie t ies have an averape yield,

essential oil and fixed oil of 1025 kg/ha, 0.2% & 9.2% and 885 kg/ha , 0.3%

& 9.6& respect ively. The Coimbatore centre h-.r released a new variety

Co-3 with an yield of 644 k r /ha and h?id less incidence of wilt and grain

mould; Co-3 had a seed oil content of 0.4%. At Guntur, coriander ace.

ATP 82 recorded the highest yield of 692 kg/ha .

3. Crop Production :

The most economical dose of NPK for Black Pepper has been

recommended as 502 50; 150 '• i, NPK (per ha) respect ively. Among the l ive

standards for Black Pepper those grown on Ailanthus malabaricum gave

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maximum yie ld . > At Yercaud, hi£'h density planting of cardamom with n

closer spacinr of IM x IM for MrJabar was found superior.

In Coriander application of N @ 60 kr /ha in 3 --qual sp l i t s ,

applied as basal , 30 days after as top dressing and pfjain after 60 days -

under irrigated conditions - gave hicher yields at Jobner. Leaf plucking

if done 75 days after sowing, up to 50% did not affect rrain yield of

coriander. So\xdng coriander in khrrif in Guntur ^âve 658 kp/ha when

sown on 15th September. Cumin when broadcast and applied with 30 kg

N/ha in single dose pave higher y ie lds . In Fennel, application of N @ 90

kg/ha in 3 equal spl i ts given as basal , 30 DAS and 60 DAS gave higher

production in Jobner. For producing the "Chewing type" , fennel can be

harvested when the grains are of "half length size" and 30 days after

anthesis . Fenugreek when sown in the first week of November fîves

profitable crop. At Jobner, it was found that when the IW/CPE ratio i s

kept at 1.0, the fenugreek crop gives the highest seed yield of 1400

kg/ha; along with ^2^5 ^^^'^^ applied @ 60 kg/ha .

4. Crop Protection :

Phytophthora foot rot disease can be controlled by spraying with

1% Bordeaux Mixture done thrice and drenching the basin once, before

onset of monsoon. Metalaxyl and Al-Fosetyl compounds arc superior in

performance at Sirsi and on par with Bordeaux mixture at Panniyur;

however the cost of treatment was high. At ^ Ivsudigere, the cardamom

cultivar "Pink Pseudostem" was identified as tolerant to leaf spot disease.

The PeStalotiopsis leaf spot of Large Cardamom is controlled by spraying

Blitox 50 @ 0.3%.

In Carditmom, the azhukal disease was controlled by spraying 1%

Bordeaux mixture as well as soil drenching. Nematode infestation in

cardamom nurseries was controlled by application of Tcmik granules,

whereas the root grub has been effectively checked by Carabofuran 3% G @

8-10 g/dump, applied during June-July & November-December. Leaf

diseases in cardamom nurseries have been controlled by spraying with

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Dithsne M-45 (0.25%)^

V eed control in cumin has b'ên achieved with Terbutryn & C.5 kg

a . i . / h a . Cumin blight caused by Alternaria bumsii was controlled by

spraying Dithane M45 or Cupramar @ 0.8 to 1.0 kg/ha, the first spray to

be given at the time of flowering, followed by fortnightly in tervals .

Grain mould of coriander has been controlled by spraying Carbendazim

0.1%, applied 20 days after grain set .

A quick look into the research achievements made under the

Project in the recent past have en?^bleld us to select the most important

technologies which are already ready for transfer and a few are l isted

below {

1. Thirty eight variet ies released for high yield/qual i ty; 14 more being

proposed for release; the varieties include contribution from NRCS, ICRI

e tc . also;

2. Technology for raising 'Eush pepper ' in pots;

3 . Use of IBA 1000 ppm for better rooting in black pepper;

4. Control of foot rot disease (quick wilt) of black pepper by phytosanitary

pract ices; prophylactic sprayin;-^ & drenching with 1% Bordeaux mixture;

5. For better germination of cardamom seeds by scarification for 10 minutes

in 25% Nitric acid;

6. Azhukal and capsule rot of cardamom controlled by spraying 1% BM;

7. Thrips of cardamom controlled by spraying Monocrotophos (0.05%) in May;

followed by Phosalone 30-40 days later ;

8. Optimum seed rhizome size 20-25 g (with 2 buds) for f inger;

9. Ginger collection of SG 547 (from Solan) rtoderately resistant to rhizome

rot;

10. Seed rhizome treatment with Dithane M45 (0.25%) & Bavistin (0.1%) reduced

rhizome rot of Ginger both in field and storage;

11. Mother rhizomes, 25-30 g pieces ideal for seed material in turmeric;

12. Cumin EC 109635 highly resiutant to wilt pathogen; useful in breeding;

13. Three year crop rotation, application of necm cake and seed treatment with

Bavistin + Captan reduced wilt in cumin;

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14. Powdery mildew diseases of cumin, coriander, fennel & fenugreek controlled

by spraying Karathnne or Sulf.nx;

15. Sowing durinp; first fortnight of Novertiber best for seecj spices i

1-6• Root rot of coriander ^ fenuf^rcek controlled by drenching; Bavistin (0.1%);

17. Leaf plucking up to 50% foliage in cori?nder when crop is 60-75 days old

gave economic (total) re turns.

Plamting material s

A very important itom in improving the productivity of spices has

been the production afld distribution of adequate quantities of elite planting

-mciterihl and' we have with us tod-^y about 50 variet ies of various spices which

have capaciities for high yielding, better quality and in some cases tolerance

to diseases ^nd pes t s . I !*m i 'lad to inform you that a Group Discussion on

t h i s important activity• will be held at th is venue tomorrow. The Coordinating

Centres under the Project have the moral responsibili ty to produce and make

available the nucleus planting material for th is ac t iv i ty . It will be the

endeavour of the District Agricultural Farms or District Seed Farms to take up

further multiplication and ensure timely distribution of soed-kit to the farmers.

We also made an effort to survey the tree spices STSZS in Tamil Nadu and

Kerala to enlist some of the proolems faced in growing of these crops; they

ares

1. Inadequate availabil i ty of elite plrnting material;

2. Lack of adequate market support price & the role of middle men;

3 . Factors l ike vînd damage, sparseness of foliage, drought, malnutrition etc;

4. Inadequate fin incial support for specialised facilities l ike dr ip irr igation.

Since we spcnJ approximately Rupees 25 crores of foreign exchange

every year to import clove, nutme!>, etc., i t will be necessary to take up

intensive research efforts on tree spices and the scope of th is AICRP may be

extended to cover th is croup as well .

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It io also my duty to brinf to your knowledge, some of our weaknesses

l ike frequent transfer of Scientists in the Project work, non-performance of some

of the Centres due to lonp term vacancies & absence of the Scientists in Group

Meetinjjs & Research Workshops like t h i s , non-availability of sufficient

germplasm base especially in seed spices, to mention a few.

It is indeed a matter of great pleasure that we have with us the

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala, the Hon'ble Minister for Agriculture,

Government of Kerala as well as several Senior Officials from almost every

State interested in Spices Research & Development besides the Directors from

ICAR Insti tutes, Development Departments and the Secretariat of the Government

of Kerala. V?e are eagerly looking forward to listen to the advice from the

VIPs and it is hoped the deliberations during the next tliree days will enable

a fruitful interaction and lead to increased importance piven to spices

research, by way of physical and financial allocations from the Governments.

THANK YOU

INAUGURAL SPEECH BY SHRI K KARUNAKARAN

Hon'ble Chief Minister, Government of Kerala

My colleague Mr. P.P.George, Minister for Agriculture, Dr.

K.L.Chndha, Deputy Director General, ICAR, Dr. S Edison, Project

Coordinator, Dr^Ramadasan, Director, NRCS, Ladies & Gentlemen,

It gives me immense pleasure to be with you at this important

national meet. I am aware that th is august audience consists of Scientists,

working under the All India Coordinated Research Projects on Spices, ICAR

Institutes l ike the National Research Centre for Spices, Calicut, Central

Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod and i ts Oil Pslm Research

Centre at Palode, Central Tuber Crops Resezirch Institute, Trivandrum,

officials from the Kerala Agricultural University, Heads of Departments of

Agriculture and Horticulture from the Governments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu

and other s ta tes . I am certainly thankful to the organisers for choosing

Trivandrum as the venue for th is important All India Conference on Spices

Research. The group of spices and condiments, v i z . , black pepper ,

Cirrdaroom, ginger, turmeric, cumin, coriander, fennel, fenugreek and large

cardamom are so vital and important to the economy of our country and

Kerala in part icular . I am aware that v/e produce about 18 lakh, tonnes of

spices and exp>ort only 1 lakh tonre every year . The export earning is

at an average of about Rs^280 crores per annum. The share of Kerala in

realising this earning of foreign exchange is phenoaienal and we are proud

of the same.

Our country had a pre-eminent position in the world t rade of

spices until three decades ago, but the same has started declining in view

of the heavy competition from countries l ike Brazil, Guatemala, Indonesia,

Malaysia etc.

However, the principal spices v i z . , pepper , ginger and cardamom

are grown to a large extent in Kerala occupying an area of 1,57,000 ha,

14,200 ha and 64,550 ha respect ively . Besides, th is state also grows tree

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spices l ike nutmeg, clove nnd cinnamon. Turmeric is also grown to a

limited extent in an ?.rea of 3,080 ha. The productivity of most of these

spices have been unfortunately vc r / low, thereby p^ômising r. scope for

i t s further development and increase. A look into the total export

earnings from the spices indicate that about 75% of the amount, v i z . ,

Rs.200 crores i s earned by contribution from Kerala alone. This is in

addition to the export earnings by us from cashew, tea and other

plantation crops .

I am informed that the Indian Council of Agricultural Research has

been operating a network of Ail India Coordinated Research Projects since

1957 which is essentially to take care of the specific research

requirements of various agro-climatic regions by way of conducting

adaptive t r i a l s , to develop agro-techniques multilocation t r i a l s to identify

new var ie t ies , evolving control measures for pests and diseases , attending

to post harvest problems etc . It is our fortune that there i s such a

project on spices which was initiated in 1971 in Kerala. The All India

Coordinated Research Project on Spices has been located at the 'National

Research Centre for Spices ' . This has been an encouraging step taken up

by the ICAR for the cause of spices research.

This Project has done *" excellent service to increase the

productivity bf Spices by various methods; a significant achievement under

the project has been the development, promotion and release of different

var iet ies of spices . To mention a few, Panniyur-2, Panniyur-3 and

Panniyur-4 in black pepper and PV-1 in cardamom, Suprabha and Suruchi

in ginger, Roma and Suroma in Turmeric, I understand that a large amount

of seed material of these improved varieties have also been distr ibuted by

the various coordinating centres located in different s ta tes . I understand

that there will be a special session on production and distribution of elite

planting matci:jal of spices during thu ccurre of this Spices Workshop,

Specific control measures against diseases and pes t s , irrigation and

fert i l iser schedules have :vlso been developed and recommended.

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The Coordinated network of Research Centres also have a wide

array of germplasm holdings on ail the mandatory crops v i s . , pepper,

ginger, small cardamom, Irrgo cardamom, turmeric, cumin, coriander,

fennel and fenugreek in the Centres located in the various Agricultural

Univt;r?ities. There has been an intensive activity of collection and

exchange of germplasm between the University Centres and the National

Research Centre tit Calicut. This is a very healthy beginning of a

process which will ultimately result in improving the productivity of the

epices. It has been projected that yield level of 1300 kg/ha, 900 kg/ha,

11000 kg/ha, 14000 kg/ha, 1457 kg/ha, 1068 kg/ha could be realised from

the black pepper, cardamom, ginger, turmeric, cumin and coriander

respectively by intensive research efforts and the availabil i ty of high

production technologies. However, the important problem remains to be

production and distribution of adequate quantities of elite planting

materials,

There is also a need to sort out and settle some of the chronic

problems and production constraints l ike foot rot disease and slow declirte

of black pepper, ' ka t te ' and root grub problem in cardamom, rhizome rot

in ginger and turmeric both in field and storage, wilts,- root ro t s ,

mildews, and blights for the seed spices . There is also an urgent need

to arr ive r.t a minimum floor p -ice and arrest the pr ice fluctuation

especially in ginger and cardamom. There is also a need to intensify our

act ivi t ies en ensuring better quality of spices, production cf value added

spice products, restriction of residues in the produce e t c

The recent changes in trade policy have created a congenial

atmosphere for a sustained increase in the export of spices . However,

the r t has been a feeling that the full export potential has not been tapped

by the farmers = I would request you to apply your mind and suggest how

the farmt,r can derive the maximum benefit from the opportunities that

have arisen.

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Taking an overall view, it is the respcnoibility of all research

and development agencies to tackle the production constraints of spice

crops with greatc-rt carncs+nes? aud extend the reicarcb achievements to

the practical advantage of the farmer. Transfer of technology is the need

of- the hour and i am highly optimistic that the deliberations during today

and the next two days will bt really productive and fx'uitful in planning

and reshaping our future strategies.

It has beeii informed that adequate funding has not been possible

for spicG research and I appeal to the laarned guests here to work out

specific strategies and demand for more funds for spices research. I

assure you that my Government always stands by the recommendations of

learned bodies l ike t h i s .

I am extremely happy to mee.t all of you from different parts of

the country; I am sure that you will pool your v/i:5dorr and experience to

solve various problems facing the farming community involved in spices .

On behalf of the Government of Kerala, I ev 'rend to all the distinguished

delegates a very happy welcomî, I am sure that you will enjoy your stay

he re .

Last but not the least , it is my pleasant vision and desire that a

National Spices Research Institute or perhaps sn International Institute is

short ly opened in Kerala. I wish all the success in your deliberations.

I formally declare th is Workshop inaugurated.

JAI HIND

PRESIDENTIAL ADDR»='SS BY SHRI P P GEORGE

Hon'ble Minister for Agriculture & Animal Husbandry-

Honourable Chief Minister Shri Karunaknran, Dr. Chadha, Dr.

Edison, Distinguished Scientists, E::tension Personnel, Ladies & Gentlemen,

I consider i t as my privi legt to preside over th is Conference in

which Scientists and extension personnel from the various States are

participating. I have great pleasure to preside over th is meeting in the

presence of our Honourable Chief Minister Shri K karunakaran whose

commitment towards the development of Agriculture on scientific basis is

inspiring. His presence adds importance tr th is meeting in which eminent

agricultural Scientists and experts from all parts of India are deliberating

on the plans and prospects of the development of spices in which the

state of Kerala stands out with i t s glorious traditions and, high sconoroic

s take .

Kerala State blessed with i ts ideal soil and congenial climate is

known as the "Spices garden of India". Hence i t is only in the fitness of

things that the organisers have cnosen this small and beautiful state as

the venue for th is function.

Spices play an important part in human dietary and they impart

agreeable flavour and aroma to food ?nd add greatly to the pleasure of

eating. Apart from the culinary uses, spices are flavouring agents in

beverages, active ingredients in ayurvedic medicines, colouring agents in

textiles ?nd important constitutents in cosmetics & perfumes. Some spices

have from ancient times been used for sacred offerings.

There are however, significant shifts in the consumption pattern

with the food service industry becoming more important. Spices are

prcddminantly. used in the processing of meat, f ish, vegetable products,

bakery goods and other prepared foods. In many countries, the meat

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industry i s by far the largest consumer of a wide rnnge of spices .

Spices are largely of tropical and Asi?.n origin. Search for spices by the

European explorers led to the discovery of new continents and waterways.

E-vrlicr commercial t ies had existed between India and the Middle East

countries for the trr.de in cpices.

India occupies a dominant position in the world t rade of sp ices .

It has been estimated that the total rrea under cultivation of varioUv«5

spices such as pepper, cardamom, ginger, clovo, nutmeg, chil l ies e tc . is

about 2 million hectares and the production is about 1.8 million tonnes.

We also export about 1.2 lakh tonnes valued at Rs.3000 million per year .

Our small state of Kerala is responsible for the l ion 's share of the

export earnings from spices. The principal pepper growing state in the

country is Kerala which accounts for 97% of the area under the crop.

Similarly about 60% of the cardamom production in the country is accounted

for by Kerala. Ginger is prown in almost all the s ta tes . However dry

ginger for commercial purpose is produced mainly in Kerala which accounts

for 30% of the area under cultivation of th is crop in the country. Clove,

nutmeg and cinnamon which are often collectively referred to as tree

spices arc grown in the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu &

Kamataka. Organised cultivation of cinnamon on r\ plantation scale i s

prevalent only in Kannur dis t r ic t of Kerala.

The main problems we encounter are low productivity of crops,

fatal diseases of certain crops, high cost of production and insufficient

post-harvost technology. The average productivity of pepper in India is

reported to be around 280 kg/ha, as against 550 kg in Indonesia, 1200 kg

in Brazil and 1575 kg in Malaysia^ Regarding cardamom, compared to

India 's productivity, i t is estimated that yield per ha, in Guatemala is

over 200 kgs . The chronic & grave disease problems such as foot rot in

pepper, soft rot in ginger e tc . are to be solved. High yielding

variet ies coupled with disease resistance arc to be evolved. It may be

seen that the task ahead of the scientists and extension personnel in

tackling the problems of spice profiuction are ardent and challenging.

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Kcrp.la is fortunate in having the hcr-dquarters of the National

Research Centre for Spices at Kozhikode and the All India Coordinated

Research Froject under ICAR. T' Is Project is doi'-g excellent service to

increase the spice production. The research activit ies of Kerala

Agricultural University, CPCRI, RRL are also commendable. The part

played by Spices Board in the development of spjcts is important. The

role of the Department of Agriculture in popularising the results of

researcn among the farming community is equally important.

In due recognition of th is aspect, the State Department of

Agriculture has programmed to launch this year an integrated programme

for development of pepper through ' Kurumulaku Samrakshana Samithie^s'

constituted for th is purpose. The state is also iinplcmenting in Integrated

Programme for Development of Spices in collaboration with the Directorate

of Cocoa, Arecanut & Spices Development at Kozhikode v/ith a total

financial butlay of Rs.369»275 lakhs , fully financed by Govt, of India.

I feel extremely happy in having got an opportunity to meet the

Scientists, administrators and experts from various states who have

assembled here for a three-day deliberations on the research and other

development strategies on spices in our country- I only want to remind

you Scientists that agriculture^! technology should intellectually be

satisfying and economicaly rewarding in order to attract and retain youth

in farming and related ac t iv i t ies . A hearty welcome to one and a l l . I

wish this function all success.

Thanking you,

JAI HIND

Technical Session I ACTION TAKEN ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE X WORKSHOP

Chairman

Rapporteur

DR K L CHADHA

DR S EDISON

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Technical Session I ? Action teken on the recommendations of t he X Workshop and the previous Wc "kshops.

1. No. of p a p e r s p r e sen t ed : ^^ê Project Coordinator presented the r e p o r t on t h e action taken by him on •the recommendat ions /decis ions mr.de during the X Spices Workshop, he ld fit Coimbatore as well as the previous tr/o Workshops he ld at Guntur and {Scl-.n.

2 . Centres v/hcro work wc>s done : ' ' ^ Centres

3 . Non-pcrforining Centres ; Nil if any

4 . Brief description of t he wo i^ ône as well as results reported :

The s ta tus on action taken on t he dec is ions made during the X Workshop (conductc^^ at Coimbatore during August 22-24, 1989) was p r e s e n t e d . The annual report for the period 1989-90 -md a docum^rit on Research Achievements 1985-90 were also made syzi^^-^^'^ ô *h® participating Centres in addi t ion to t h e rcnulor yea r ly Research Highlights (1990-91) of AICRP on Sp ice s . ^ document entit led 'Workshop input document' was p r e p a r e d compiling a l l the informations on the up- to -da t e p rog res s oi r e s ea r ch on various experiments and presen ted to the de legates at tending the XI Group Meeting.

The above r e p o r t s ^cn., d i scussed in detai l during the var ious Technicr.l Sessions and the action taken pertaining to Technical Scssion-I ar3 r^pponded.

In add i t i on , t he following general recommendations/decisions were a lso made in the Session:

1) A joint explora t ion fo:r genetic r e sources should be taken up at NRCS, TNAU, KAU ?-nd UAS (under the Chairmanship of Dr. M Arav i rdakshan) t< work out s t r a t eg i e s for the same (time l imi t 2 mon ths ) .

2) Spices B o a r d ' s RoseaJ'c^ a c t i v i t i e s have to be l imited to cardamom on ly .

3) The redeployment d^ Breeder from Pampadumpara to Ambalavayal to v/ork o" Black p e p p e r i s to be dec ided .

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4) It was noted that perx'ormance of the Chintapalli centre has improved.

5) Physical f?cilities for conducting experiments on d r ip irrigation on c^rdamoiu may be provided by the ICAR.

6) Details on high yielding varieties in cardamom is to be worked out by NRCS, Appangala Centre.

7) Results of experiments on drought tolerance in c?»rd-:»mom as well as that of the Biochemistry fe quality analysis of soed spices, cin^tr and turmeric may hereafter be reported in the technical session on "Crop Improvement".

8) Lead centre concept for seed spices was approved for Jobner Centre. It was suggested that the Jagudan centre can be considered for lead centre on cumin and fennel, while Jobner will continue to be the main centre for coriander and fenugreek work.

5. Recommendations ready ) Given under individual for transfer of ) Sessions Extension Apency ) if any )

6. Programmes proposed ) Details are given under for the next year ) individual Sessions,

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Technical Session II ? GENETIC RESOURCES

Chairman : DR E.V.V.BHASKARA RAO

R?\pporteurs : h/r. B KRISKNAMOORTHY

Dr. K.K.IBRAHIM

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Technical Session II : GENETIC RESOURCES

1. Numbtir of p a p e r s s All t h e Centres p resen ted the p resen ted r e p o r t s excep t G.-..ngtok

2 . Centres where work was done ! 14 Cen t res ; 9 Crops

3 . Non-performing c e n t r e s , if any s Nil

4 . Brief desc r ip t ion of t h e work done and sa l ient r e s u l t s r e p o r t e d ?

i ) Black p e p p e r s P^nniyur has 200 co l lec t ions ; S i r s i 175 includinc 15 wi ld access ions and 17 cu l t iva ted and 19 wild germplasm accessions at Ch in tapa l l i Cen t re . Among the wild germplasm col lec ted at C h i n t p a l l i , 'Ch i t t empadu ' and 'Mndem Ace. No.9 ' were s u p e r i o r .

i i ) Cardamom s Mudigcre, Pampadumpara & Yercsud have 245, 71 and 35 access ions r e s p e c t i v e l y . In Yercaud, t h e local Malabar and local Mysore t y p e s e x h i b i t e d b e t t e r performance.

i i i ) Ginger : Pottangi has "40 and Solan 192 collections? SG-547 has shown good performance ?.t Solan.

i v ) Turmeric ; Pot ta rg i has 185, Solan 157, Jag t i a l 80 6 Coimbatore 105 e n t r i e s .

v) Seed sp i ce s ; In cumin, Jobner has 219 and Jagudan 167 co l lec t ions ; in co r i ande r , a germplasm collect ion of 441 , 278, 126 and 120 at Jobne r , Jagudan, Coimbatore and Guntur r e s p e c t i v e l y i s being mainta ined. A germplasm collect ion of 130 and 170 in fennel a rc being maintained at Jobner & Jagudan c e n t r e s ; t hey have 171 and 134 fenugreek co l l ec t ions , followed by Coimbatore with 84 and Guntur 70 acces s ions .

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RECOMMENDATIONS/DECISIONS :

lo Black pepper :

!) The descriptor l i s t finnlised by the NRCS msy be uniformly adopted by the Centres for collection of dota as well as for description.

2) Chintapalli centre has presented the data on the good performance of Panniyur-1 at hiph elevation. The identity of Panniyur-1 snd the yield data may be scrutinised.

3) The wild pepper collections made by different Centres may be collected by NRCS and established at Appangala centre as a National Gene Bank for Wild Pepper Collections.

I I . Cardamom :

For assessing the performance of individual clones, annual sucker production per plant may be used as one of the cr i te r ia .

III . GinRcr :

1) Pottangi Centre has presented data on the incidence of soft rot disease in some of the accessions. It was decided that hence-forth screening for the diseases aind pests in the germplasm need tc be recorded only at such centres where the incidence is severe.

2) Screening of the germplasm against soft rot i s also in progress at Solan. The possibil i ty of fixing threshold value for the inoculum in the field may be determined.

3) As maintenance of l ive collections in ginger i s difficult due to incidence of soft ret disease, iji vi t ro conservation may be standardised by the NRCS.

IV. Turmeric :

Pcttangi centre may modify the classification of Curcuma Icnga and Curcuma aromatica types l isted by them. Chromosome number may be used as an additional cr i ter ia for distinguishing Icng? and arcmatica types .

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V. Seed spices (Coriander, Cumin, Fennel & Fenugreek) :

1) All the Centres reported low variabi l i ty in the indigenous ccllectiions. It is suggested, in crder to ?vcid the san?c accessions being repeatedly collected snd evaluated, the collecticft programme may be defined in terms of the ccllecticns tc be made by the different Centres;

2) Mutation breeding programme may be initiated for inducing var iabi l i ty .

3) The exotic germplasm accessions obtained in Coriander and Fenugreek by Jagudan Centre may be multiplied 3nd made available tc other Centres.

VI. Large cardamom s

ICRI, Myladumpara may consider establishing a national gene bank in large cardamom collections.

GENERAL DECISION ON GERMPLASM COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE

1, The NECS, Calicut will establish a National Gene Bank for pepper, ginger, turmeric and tree spices .

2, ICRI, Myladumpara will establish a National Gene Bank for cardamom and large c. --damom.

3, The wild pepper ccllecticns will be conserved by the NRCS at Appangalo / Calicut.

4, The following Centres will be alternative Centres for gormplasm s

Black pepper - Panniyur

Cardamom - Appangala

Wild pepper - Ambalavayal

Ginger and Turmeric - Pottangi

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5. The accession numbers ?issi{jned by the Na;icnn.i Geno Ber:k will be unifcrroly fcllcwed by all the Ccntrec ' Kcv;ever, i t will be ensured that , under the ccurcc trlurnn, the original nurrbcr nssi[;ned by the ccllectcr v/ill be vetcdncd in the Naticn?! Gene B?nk, A catalogue of available ccllecticns in National Gene Bank mj.y be publ-'.'?hGd and circulated to all Centres/Workers.,

6. In the minor spices, natirnal collections rr-il b<: .Tsaintalned at Jcbncr and Jagudan, while Guntur fiiid Coirr,b?itcre v/:ll serve as alternate Centres.

7. NRCS will organise- the cxpediticns fcr germplasm ccllecticns in collaboration with the NBPGR and the Coordinating Centres.

8. The National Gene Banks identified will also be rospcnsiblo for supply cf acccesions to ether Centres for utilirinr' in their breeding programmes.

9. The request for pcrmplasm should clearly specify accej;si^,n number or the characters desired.

10. When the varieties being released are from the germplasm collections obtained fret; other Centres, due credit should be given tc the original collectors or Centres.

5. Reccmmendaticns ready fcr transfer to extension agency, if any : Nil

6. Programme proposed fcr the next year

a) Ongoing experiments ; Continuing the ongoing programme

b) New experiments : Nil

Technical Session VI : VARIETY RELEASE

Chairman : DR M ARAVINDAKSHAN

Rappor teurs ; Dr. N KUMAR

f/r. A MANOHAR RAO

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Technical Session III : CROP IMPROVEMENT, PHYSIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

1. Number of p a p e r s : -' 0 presented

2 . Centres where work was done '. 14 cen t res

3 . Non-pcrfcrmin;;^ cen t res if any : Nil

4 . Brief desc r ip t ion of the work dene and sa l ient r e su l t s r epo r t ed :

i ) Black Peppe r ; At Panniyur , Culture Nc.331 has c^ns is tant ly recorded maximum mean y ie ld followed by 239. Of the 3<3 seedl ings of p e p p e r , Culture Nc.5128 and 1558 a re t h e b e s t .

i i ) Cardamom : The v a r i e t y PV-1 of cardamom i s performing well in most cf t he location t e s t e d . It i s being proposed for r e l e a s e . The ICRI has p roposed MCC-49 & MCC-61 for r e l e a se as v a r i e t i e s .

i i i ) Larr'c Cardamom : Cul t iv^r 'P ink Gclsey ' r e co rded t h e h iphes t y ie ld in the CYT of high y ie ld ing clones in l a rge

i v ) Ginper : In the MLT of f-inêr at Pot tanc i , se lect ion V-K.-3 has out y i e lded a l l t he e t h e r l i n e s , hence i t may be recommended for r e l e a s e .

v) Turmeric : PTS-38 and PTS-9 a re supe r io r along wi th Roma in the CYT - f tu rmer ic se lect ions at Pcttanf;i .

v i ) Seed s p i c e s : The cor iander CS-2 has out y i e lded o t h e r se lec t ions in the CYT at Guntur. Evaluation of 14 M2 l i ne s in Cor iander indica ted significant var ia t ion between progenies for plant h e i g h t , days to ma tu r i ty , number of umbel la tes p e r plant e t c . The cumin MC-<i3-73 has r e g i s t e r e d 10.'^% high y ie ld than the r e l ea sed v a r i e t y Guj. Curoio-l in t h e MLT. This v a r i e t y may be recommended for r e l e a s e .

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RECOFNÊND/iTIONS/DECISIONS

I . Blpck pcpp. . r s

1) The eld J/LT in P?nniyu'r Centre sr.txy be c l ' c c d .

2) Projec t C'-rrc'inrt '-r i s tc review the wr rk - nd s u f f t s t new MLT icT ^-^nniyur Ccntr '-.

3) Acccfcicn number h^s t'- bo spec i f i c s wh<-n UFinp thr, n?rocc of t h e cultiv?>rs

^) A new ^'LT ^n popper with rc lonssd v=>rictics frcir NECS ?nr' p T n i y u r mey be lî"^. tût ^t Ambal-Vc-yrl ^nd in «11 Crrd-'ircin C.>ntrcs v i z o , iûdi,(-;Grc ^ Ytrcpud r^nd F-^trpjidumprr? o C^ntr-'l St^tr. Frrnr., /.r-^l-m m?y be c r n s i d c i c d "s j.Rcther Iccnt i-n fcr the expe r imen t . The NKCC ^' P.^nniyur Centre wi l l supply the plsntirf; mntcri?.l» C'-orJin?*ted b y - t h e Project Crc r i i i i r t c ro

5) Kc£c?rch on t ree spicer, r r ' y be i n c l u d e ' in the AICnF cfi Tp iccs . H'^rticultur"! Keec.-^rch Tt-'ticnSp Yerc-ûd & Pech ip? r? i trvy be n volutjtrry cent re fcr b l r ck p e p p e r 6 t r e e s p i c e s .

I I . Crrd-'irrnp ;

1) Th" CYT (198<) in Ycrcrud arr>y be c losed . A Ccmaiittoe ccnsis t inp of the fcllcwinp; wil l d e v c l ' p v i ?b l c r e s e a r c h prcpr^tnmes rn card?.n::."iT ?nd t r ee epicos f r r t h e Centres

Dr. P Rethinrn: Dr. S Thr^mburnj Br . I Iri'l'^pp-vn Dr. S Rc^n^rswaajy Dro S Edisrn Dr. P B P'illai

2) A decis icp r -T^rdinf th;.- AICK? prcfrarrnscs in Panip?vdu.Tp.'*r'» Centre (KAU) wi l l be t?Ken by ADG (FC) in crnsult-. t ion wi th Vicc-Ch?nccl lor , KxÛ.

3) A prcpcs-«l fcr t he rele?<fc "i FV-1 wil l be submit ted by t h e P;»rep''du?rprir?. Cent re , The ICBI (Spices Bc-?.id) wi l l suppor t t h i s with t h e i r y ie ld d^t-o

<) Th:. h igh yielding; cnrdîrctn selccti '^ns .'G deve l rpcd "t ICRI nn?y be inclu-êd in t h e y i e l d t r i n l s*

5) A new MLT (III) may be taken up in Mudigere ?-nd Pampadumpara.

6) In cardamom, though the plot size recommended is 12 plants , an IS-plant plot size may be adopted in a 6 (row) x 3 (plants) pat tern. The plant population at Myl?dumpara and Pampadumpara will be 1600; ?>nd that in Mudigere, Appangala-and Saklcshpur will be 3000.

7) The multiplication factor for Myladumpara and Pampadumpara will be K-IO and for Mudipere, Appangala and Sakleshpur i t will be 2700.

8)

9)

In cardamom, separately in

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1.

2 .

3 .

4.

5 .

6.

7 .

8.

9 .

10.

The MLT Cardamom

CCS

CCS

CCS

CL

CL

CL

SKP

SKP

SKF

SKP

Controls :

11, MCC-34 -

Mysore and Malabar typ separate yield t r i a l s .

(1991) -selections

872

893

800

679

683

726

13

14

72

73

(Malabar type) as follows:

Appangala

Mudigere

Sakleshpur

Thadiyankudissai

with 13 entries of

12. Mudlgere-1 (planting material will be supplied by Mudigere)

13. PV-1 (planting material will be supplied by Appangala)

Locations : Appangala, Mudigere, Sakleshpur, Thadiyankudissai

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i i ) i/LT - (1991) (.Vyc-rc t yp : : ) ; with 5 cnt r icc -f c a t i - t r r a : rrrlvCtirns "S frll--ws;

ic yzz - 12 )

2 . ¥QZ - 2] ) Myl? lump-r -

3 . ^/CC - 85 )

^ . SIC? - 51 - 3"klcshFur

C-nt r - l s

5. ¥CC ^ ~ 61 ( hAyl-dunrp-^r?')

Lr.cr.ticn s

IIIo Gjinp>-r & TuriTci'ic %

1) A prrp:r>'3 fcr rclc?s<. -*f [nnf'v^r, V,K,-3 tr-y be subtnittr;-! by the P c t t ' n ^ i Ccntr'-.,

2) The nrw f- LT of finC"^ pl-'mt:,:'' - t Sc l 'n rn^ P~t t -nci (1991) w c re ~ ppr cvc "' o

3) Tbt, lET r r i CYT prc^rrnrmcs en \^npcT -.n-.* tu rmer ic wi l l be i-'-i'! out in Crl'-^r C_ntrc •lf?'-o

<) Th*. mul t ip l ic r t icn f^ctcr for cetin^-'tipf ,''in,"Qr T. - I t u r t r c r i c yicl'^G p e r h- b ' ? . ' 1 en 3 x 1 tr b» ^ s (@ -.Q p l i n t s / o c ^ ) wil l be 2010. f^'ultipliC'-'ti'-n f r c t c r fcr cotirr^ticn cf fin;2'^r T ' l turmer ic yield's p . r h-« b- 's td -n ri-î^cs ^rA furrcw wi l l be IjCCsOM pl-^nts/h-^c The /rinimui^ p l r t s ize shcu l^ be ^,S X 2 M (€ 100 p l - n t s / p k t ) „

5) The .^xistin': lET '^t Fctt-p^-i ir^y b^ c l - se i T ^ n new lET mry be t?kcn up in turrrcriCo

6) Fr-m t h t ¥LT {II) ?t P r t t ?np i , t h e two b^ t t^ r p=.rfcrrKinr v ? r i c t i c s cf t u i t r c r i c t r -y be p r rp rce '5 f"'r rcle-S''<,

7) The new turmer ic .VLT (III) l?>iJ out durinj^ 1991 - t F c t t - n r i , Scl.-'n, Ccimbi^tcrc & J.'(;ti~l i s -approved „ The '3..t'îls cf t h e ( ^ t r i ^ r r r ^ prcvi'le-^ un-ler new experirr.cnts»

8) The new cinr-'" lET (15 ..ntri^s) CYT (6 cr t r ics) :\ni h LT (10 entries) will be I r i ' ' out by Sc.l?n C Pcttrnpi Centres ê ;?cci'*.c-? in the Sub-Grcup meeting;. The details r f the experiments ?rc prcvi('''c''. I'n^^cr new ,.xpcrircents,

IV, Crrl-^n'!or t

1) The K'LT ?>t J'-bncr £n.->y b : clrscd ?s there le nc rignific^nt '•'iffcrencc between the tr^.^ttrentr 'tid tb'^ rr.pc.rt suboaitto-:! tr the rC>.

2) Lov/cr :V.s^c cf bfo' - irrr-'^.i^vtirn mry be U£?c3 (2 - 15 KR) ffr £i)ut?tion bricdinp i f crrir-n-iere

3) Th<; rlc^ 3'jisltilccaticn'^l t r i s l in Guntur m?.y be closed,

<) The Guntur C'.ntre will prcvi ' 'c ece:l mptrriftl cf CS-2 ccri?:nd.,r tr, Jrbncr Ccntrv (50 kr seeds will be sufficient fcr pl*>ntinc 2 h r ) . The Director cf Hcrticulture, Rpjasth^n will prrvidv- l?nd fci thr. mul t ip l i c t i cn .

5) An "d-hcc scheme cr. rrut~tinn breeding cf ccrlandcr v/ill bo prepared jcipt.ly by Ccin'bctrrt- -?nd Jobncr centres 6 subirittc^l tr ICAK„

V t Cumin %

1) P.cprs->1 fcr rclu?E- - MC-O-73 m?y be submitted by Jrf;u->n Cenlre.

2) A new CYT nnr.y be frrmulated frr both J^jûd^n and Jrbncr centres Iry the Project Cccrdin.otcr (Spices), Dr. K.G. tVeht-"^nl Dr.RoK. Shcrm-.

VI„ Fennel i

The existipp J/LT in Jobnei will be continued fcr cne more ye»r«.

Vile Fenunx.y.k ;

1) The oxiptinc t r i? l s will continue,

2) The werk dene «*t the His^r St^ticn (Voluntrry centre) was crcrtnendrble pnd j^ppreciitcd by ?11« It mny bo made a rcf ul'- .r c.—crdin^vtin;;^ ce;ntre in 8th Pl^'no

3) An yearly prrup ircctirp ( f Rcsf-'«t'ch Workers rf ccf.i spicos wy be he] .1 tc r:>vi:\v the cxiftinr prcfr-'mircs ôrJ tc sucfêst the new pr'-ji-nnrcs, Thr His'^r centre h-e vclonteor'.ê tc hcst thr. r^stt rreetinr.

GENERAL DECISIONi

In r l l th', ov-durticn tri-\le5s th - trt" will be r':pcrto-i '' .-".inst the rcccffeicn Nr . pivcn by the S'ûrce/centre except the release' ' vpricties which »r^ tr be i-^cntifiei by nn.Tcs. This will ccntinuf- t i l l the N.- ti, nJ J Gene B-nk {?,cc. Nc.) numbers :rrc 'llcc?'te3o

In the fiûltilrc:;ticn t r i - l , thr-;c crntrcls - ^ crtrmrn Vcntrcl , the bv-st lccr>l v-jricty -rii -• loc-lly rclersed variety - trust be usr-io Ths ye?i cf identity (the yerr in which the t r ia l is planted) rrust be fiven - ' s " scries nuinbt.r ( i . e . MLT-91 ctco)

The contrclc for different crcps r-re:

Bl^ck pepper s The ccrwncn control (P-^nniyur-l)

F-nniyur-3 (Cul.331)

Subh^l >r-> (KS 27)

Cr>x ^.-^cr.ccr : VurHc-re-l (crrEircr ccntr'-l)

âl?b^r types: PV-1

N 'yr.-res MCC-61

Turmeric i Shrrt durrti-^n s Sugun' (PCT-13)

The b , s t Lcc' l (Pcpular cultivr^r)

- Lr-r\£ Jur-'ticn % Aricccr (J^fti?l)

Ef:R-l (Crimb>trrc)

Rem- (Prtt-'nr-i)

I?ur.';iJ''''i?' (Andhra Prrdesh)

Kcmr (Scl'Tn)

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3o In tu rmer ic nno cc r i ^n^c r v a r i e t i e s r£ dliffcrcnt matur i ty £Trupf5 ( I m p Sr s h ' T t ) - re tc be cv lu - ' toJ ! in t h e s ' c e Irc-^ticn rr\'-^ in seprr-'tv: yi,,lr'' t r i a l s»

Crrirri-^.r % 100 ' .>y? ^ri'' Ics? ( c h e r t ' 'urr'tir'n)

r b r v c IOC d - y s (Icnrj J u r r t i c n )

Turnncric ; Up t: 180 -In.yR ( s h o r t '?ur?'ti'~n)

-rbcvc 180 ' ! rys (Icnp ' ' u r r t i cn)

<:„ The Projec t Ccc rd inn t - r (Spic:.s) ?Jrnr; wi th workv^rs en seed sp ices wi l l fin?lisc- s i n i i l T st'^n^?r':ls rnd new r ru l t i lcc^ t i rn trirljjo

Qu'^lity r .nflysis %

5= The curcursn content i s v e r y lew in turonrric ct £c l?n . The saaiples .rc.y b.- s',nt tc KPCC f^r rcch: :ckinf .

Rccr^mtrcnir^tions r s a d y fcr s Suitr>bk v"iri . ' t ics hr'vc been tr:>nsfor tc cx t cn r i rn p r r p r s c J fcr rc-lcasc in ?f;;cncy, if any Sossirn VI en V'Mic.ty Polc-sc»

Prcpr 'mrrc prcpcsc.d fcr next yzr>r s

n) Cnprinf ,;xpcriffirnts ; The rnjjcipf cxpc r i i r en t s wi l l ccrtinuf except t h e ones which v/crw rcccrrmcnr^crl to hi clr^scci.

b ) New cxper i r ren ts :

1 o A new MLT rn p';-ppcr v/ith release-'^. v a r i e t i e s frc-ns NRCS 3nd P^nniyur rr-y be I r i d cut in ~11 C-Tdrmom" cen t r e s v i z . , Mudiperi , Y ^ r c u d rnd Prôip-^dutrp-.r*.

2 . A new M^T (III) Tf c?»rd?mrm sc lac t icn should be t aken up in fvfudicerc -"nd App-nf;?!?.

3 . The lET ?>nd CYT prcpr?^.inires on f i n f e r -ind tu rmer ic wil l be l->id f ut in Srlan centre "ilso.

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<. The now ULT ( I I I) rn Turmeric hf\s been I'i-^. cut at Pctt-nf;;!, 5cl3n, Ccitrb-^tcre ?nd J- ' f^ l ' l c e n t r e s . En t r i es included ftrz PTS-9, PTG-19, PTG-38, Rrm? -nd Surcm? frcra Pctt- .nci , ST-510 rnd ST 365 frcnr S r l r n , Armcrr fr-m J » c t i ? l , TC-2, TZ-C rn-i ESK-1 frcnn Cciaib-itorc r\n-l VK-70c

5 . An •'-^-hcc ochcrrc rn mut-nticn breeding: " f c^r i -n ' j ' j r v/ill be p r t p r r e d j r i n t l y by Ccirrb^'tr-rc-, Jsjûd-vn nnd Jobncr cen t res rnl subr r i t t rd tr< iCAR,

6. A new CYT ro?y be f^rooulc-'ted for cumin for both J-x^\rn & J'rbncr cen t res by the Project Coord in? t r r ( S f i c c s ) , Dro K.G ^/oht? snd D r . R , K . S h ' r r r ' .

7 . Ae decided by thv Sub yroup ^/cctinc the lET with 15 e n t r i e s , CYT tvith 5 ^.ntrics ' nd ULT wi th 10 e n t r i e s in f;;inccr wi l l be at tended by S'-^lrn nnd F:;tt'inr'i Cen t r e s , The d e t a i l s cf the I 'xpcrimcnts "ri. dct?ilf, bc l^w;

ri) I n i t i ? ! v^v^lu^ticn t r i ^ l (lET) (Best 15 co l lec t ions

freer t h e f crrrpl 'sao sh^ l l bt s tudied r lonp wi th

I r ca l ccntr,-l)

Dcpipr s RED Replicat ions s 2 F l r t s i ze : 3 x 1 tn

b) Compart 'tivi, y ie ld t r i - 1 (CYT) (B',st 6 cc l l cc t i cns

frcw TET r.h?tll he s tudied •='lcn; with lcc?>l c c n t r r l ) .

Dccipn s RBD leplic?<ticns % •: '^l(~t s ize ; 3 x Isr

c) f /ult i lecnti-P tri?^l (Jv'LT) 10 Entr icc (VjS j -7 , V j - K j -

3 , VÊ^-^, Vy^^-2, S u p r ' b h - , rG-6'^6, SG-666, 5G-

5<'7, R- j f r rb Lcc-J. and M-'-r'^n).

Design ; RBD Replicat ions ? 3 Plc t s ize s 3 x In:

Obsc rv^ t i rns t c be rccf-rded f^r the -ibcve t r i a l s t

1. Survival percent- ' re 5 , La^J lenjjth (err)

2 . Pl'^nt heir 'h t (ccr) 6 . Rhizrme wcifjht/pl^nt (g)

3 . Kuffibcr cf t i l l c r s /F l t -n t 7 . Yie ld /p lo t (kg)

<!". Number cf l^,?vcs/pl3nt 8* Calcul-ated y i o l d / h a (g)

9o Diso?^S'; incidence

Technical Session IV : GROUP DISCUSSION ON PLANTING

MATERIAL PRODUCTION &

DISTRIBUTION OF SPICES

Chairman ; DR. K L CHADHA

Co-Chairn}?-n : Dr, P RETHINAM

Dr. S EDISON

Rapporteur ; Mr. K G THOMAS

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Tcchniccil Scsrion IV s GRCUP DISCUSSION ON PL/iNTING t/ATERIAL PKODUCTIOM & CiSTRIEUTION OF 5PICES

N-Jtrbcr rf p a p e r s prosj.nt^.l s 5 p^tpcrs - 5 •agencies

rvECOK^hÊFDATICKS / DECISIOilS s

i ) BL-ck pcpF'-r °

?) In v i rw (-f t he a;sRsJvc 'f-ir^fjc rccurtitif: r c r u l ^ r l y t c the p e p p e r n u r c t r i c s 'l\z:r to the incid':;ncc ?f funr;rl d i s c E c s , nu r se ry techniques h«vc l" be strcr.mlincd ' .nd pl?!nt p rc t ec t i cn rritfsurcs ecrupulcus ly f r l l rwcd t t avoir! the incidence "nd s p r c ? d .

b) The nucleus plmtinf; m i t c r i r l s supp l i ed frrm t h e r e s e a r c h s t ? t i r n s ni'.y be u t i l i s e d tr t he extent p o s s i b l e f~r the mult ipl icj ' t icn proffraiTrp.-s tc ensure the qu?»lity ' f th ; rr.^'terirls^

c) Nucleus p l rn t in f m?tc r i? l s produced by t h e NPCS '•nd A^;rilc Univers i t i e s msy be r e s t r i c t e d tc the dcp.=>rtircntnl ru rsc r i - . s ?lcnc fcr the p resen t fer fu r the r tr.ultiplicr'.tirn ::"oi d i s t r ibu t ion t: farmerso

d) Collection cf p l r n t i n r t c^ t e r i i l s ( runner s h e e t s ) frrcp the priv:?tc i-r.rderr- pliruld be disjcrur-'ccd tr. t he ex tent poss ib l e with ul t imate nitr. to u t i l i se qui^lity n- r tc r ia l s nlcnc f r r t h e T u l t i p l i c t i c r prrprinrmrj?.

i i ) Card'>tBog? ;

r.) Quality c n t r c l shru l ' - be ensured in p]?nt inp aopterirl p r educ t i rn e spec i a l l y in the c c r t i f i r d nu r se ry prcfT'^trmc.

i i i ) Tree .rpiees s

r.) El i te t r ecc cf clove . n- nutmcf ident i f ied by the NKC£ ?^lcnc unrjy be used fcr ccUect icn rf sec* nnpterifils. Infcrmption in t h i s rerrrrd sheuld be nn-d., nvr.il^'.blo to the develeprrent spencics by the' D i r cc t c r , NI^CS.

b ) Ct-vJlinp p/'ccifiics rf nutu''>.f rr-y uc discûi ' f - . ? - r'T vofi- t- t iv, . x'^rcp^s; t i : n truthc ^s t> c-rr ii...r.'-\:2 by th N 'CS shcu]<i b ' u t i l i s r i f'^ il-.. fiuyr. p l~n l in j n'-ttri-^lo p r - i i i c l i c r rr^-pj'rpmc t r rns-ur J? - p r ' d u c t i r n prt<:nti-^l ' f th . nop'-ny«

c) Improvc'I str-icf f cinn^mo.': - v z i l b ] , ^t KrCv*" r'3ci. i r ry b ; j t i i i c n l /r i ih^ pl->ntin," .r-î^l-j ••! DMltiplicr'U n prcfr'-mir

i v ) Gir.fcr ^ turrr ' -r ic f. cI Ul l ^ ;

•») Acut."" chf^riT^ i qar^lily Succ! i l . i i :., r ci ;7inr: i' b c i r r th-: -r- ' jrr b-^ttl .-rirck in th r Jlc -Ll-nn-crit d the crrpj , the r^s^-Tch ct-'tj.-.15 m-'y '•''nv^ up .ûi t rbl j Si,cd t r u l t i p l i c t i r r . pr '^frntrircs ?>v"i''i«rf the f-"ciliti?r. v.xt-rnt'^cc! un-> ? the. c n t r - i l c . c l ^ r prcrr~'Vmc<,

b) Kif'h yisli.lir;7 >'"jrictii.G :f lu ' .Trr Ic ••vji*^bl<. i r ry be u t i l j sc ' l ".'" th'- i'..tvx>.. pl-ntinc^ pr^c r -ij jncc G' ^P tc r _ p ] r c . Ih, V c ' l t y p ^ s -

v) Seed s r i c : r ; ^ " *

r--) Africultui-rl Lri /C7?i t i_p func tknn ' in the rr-^j-^r s r^d sp ic^r pr v/inr st^tv.': - f y f - r r ru l ' t e ;; lojr^mcrcs f ' l tkt prrducti '^n rf I'b'^ "••tirn f.^.'Is tc n-.c t ^tb r.^quire-ncni. rf r i n j k i t f . istrib '- '^lT prTr'-r^nrca u"'f,.r ct, . : tr-l scc t r ro

v i ) Gcn^r ' l s

p) Th^ ccns.ncun i c^ i t i f icd .-ibxcciy p r - - j i " n , r . w?'s 'îscLC.-:'-' "In 1 t n i c " 'h^ qu-2ity -f pi?E.i,ir,' m->t. r i" ' l boin^ the rrf c"!- irrp i t - n t f-^ctrr, i t w?"; sup^cctcd t b - t the nuclei.;: pL-niipf rs"t<rir l pupplit '' by the r eo t -Tch Pt3tJ::r Gh'.ul ^ ho ur ' t^ tht cz'Acrtt p csiblo»

b ) /» c t r r r r chenp iv . nurt- .ry pr"frr?r.n:e irry he frrirulptt-d -Tii 2.LL>.-pittc- t . fJAPAKD fcr inc^tituti-n,^l f'-irmcc.

c) In t he preup r, ctinf; r e p r e s e n t ? t i v c s frctr- five Ct"».t':; Dop- 'r trnorte/Crr 'rninj ' t i 'ns p r r t i c i p r t cc " . It w?-s i^cir?'.:! th-^t thi vic=,\5 '"f r t h e r r^cnc i . a c^ncrrnr.? with prcrr^mii „ rr-y be c b t r i n " ! T "n'"fc'"'er iri^ttinr* ccnvoned fcr J<.t-"iled -^.iccusEl-ns en the cubj-^cto

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•J) The Cnor i in r t in r Centres wul -^ p r c v i V . p o r i c d i c - l r c p r r t s t.- the Pr'cject C-rr^-UnPtcr (Sp.ic-_s) r b - u t t h e work dene under t h i s c n a p t . r .

2 . Centres where wcrk W'-'s .f,?n; ; 1) NRC£, Cj^licut 2) IC/R (RC) f r r NEH Rogicn 3) A,<;'ril. Univzre i t ies ' 0 Ct?tc A [ - r U / n r r t , D e ^ t s , 5) Spices Bcrrr'

3 . Ncn-pcrfcrminp c e n t r e s , if - r y s Nil

<•. Brief de sc i i p t i cn cf the w^rk fcnc "iid s-'licnt r e s u l t s r epor t ed s

i ) Plpck pcppoi s

?) A reciil?*-r r . ' - t ed cu t t in r p r -Zuct icn pr-frîmirc i s in c p c r ' t i c n in 12 States .-"nd one uni-^n t e r r i t o r y und( r cen t ra l sec to r prc^-r-irmeo F i f t y - t h r e e l^khs r o r t c d cut t inps p r ' - d u c ' ' ' P ' d i s t r i b u t e d in 1990-91 -nd 57 Ir.khs prc£-rrmcned fcr the c u n c n t y t s r .

b) firTsiJltpncrusly, " nuclcuc p l -n t inp tnîtcri-l p r rduc t i cn prrfr-'sinno i s rlrr- und-.r rpcr.-^ti^n in th.' A r r i cu l t u r - l Univ*.rsities in Ker^ l? , T-îril N^3u5 I•^^h-lÊ•btr' red Asc-»m r^nd NKCS, C->]icuts ur^^-.r -he Cen t r ; ! sec to r schcn-iCo Curinr; t he cur ren t y^r^r i t h-'s been prcfr^mtricd tr pr-^duci.; three I r k h s nucleus pl?*ntinn m?tcri?'ls„

c) Spices Bcnrd cr. -n nvcr rpe pr^- 'uccs <! I r k h s rcctcc. cu t t in rc thrru/fh tftcir .•ep-rttr.ent?'.! nur&v.ries, 5C l ^khs r c c t c J cut t inpr thrruj>b th , c : r t i f i M nu r se r i e s r^nd 3 l*>khr r r c tod cut t ings thr-û^h Crffê E-'jrd d-mrnstr-»tion f?rms pnnu i l l y .

i i ) Cr^rd^zrc cr s

a) Th^ Spjccs B.- rvrd en pn r v ^ r ' f c p r r d u c c s 30 l - k h s q u ' l i t y seed l ings cf stn^^ll cnrdrn-cx ?nnu-«lly thrz-ufh t h o i r dcp?rtT.ent"' l n u r s e r i e s -nd c . r t i f i d nu r se ry prr{^r«.iRane. S i m i l a r l y , for l-^rpn c r d - r n r r r 5 l » k h s sec>dlin£:c ?>re produced r.wl -distributed -^nnu^lly.

i i i ) Trci. sr-iccs ; 55

fi) E l i te t r ees .of c lcvc ?nd nutanc ';: hrvt.- been kkntifxrid f : r ccUecticn rf seed in t h e impc r t r n t crop prcv-inr . rcp icns by the KRCS.

b ) A rep;ul»r nursery pr'^rrr'trrric f r r th-_ .-îstributicr. cf 6CC'."''linf;s ic in :pcr'»tic.n t h rcu rh th Dcprrt i rent rf Agr icul ture /Hcr t icc l turc in the St 'coc rf Xor^L", Krrnr't?.kr, T?n?il t'^.-Iu, Qcr -n.'' UT :f An'>..T'.n & Nicrb^r Isl.T.^s un'3,^r the ccntrr^l r.:-ct'r scb- -.T'C oinco V P U n , Curing 199G-91, 0.9 Ir'hhri scc'iUnJT 'isfcribyt,-'. ?n:^ 1.5 l?,khs c.-xdlings ?,rc prcfrîxriicri for Oic^trihuticn v-iurinr 1991-92.

c) The Zpicoe, Bc?iri rn ?n ' .vsrrifc p r r i u c : •I'COG sccd l in j c arnuftlly. The B^rrd i s slcc hnvinf c - r t i f i t d n u r r c r y pi-t^r-'imTrr; fcr prcr 'uct i rn cf 50,000 nutonec scecllinpso

i v ) Ginpcr^ t u r x e r i c <rnd c h i l l i e s ;

r") Tha sccc' n u l t i p l i c r t i c n prc^-'r m.ri<- bvinr imploniAontcd undv^r centr?>.l sector i s expected tc tr-k.: rv^.i l^blc 150 tr-nnes, 20C tcnncs ••<nd 3 tcnncs cf frund.-'.ticn cccrl trîtcrinls cf fînrer, tu rmer ic ^mc! cnii l ier . .'.lurinr" the current y e e r ,

v) Sec-I sp i ce s s

r)) In the A^r i l . UniV>:rsitic5 in 11 .rr>i r e c - J sp iccc •prrwinp et '^tes, sc::d mul t ip l ic r t icn prrprrrDne^ i s in oper^ t i rn fer the prcducti ' rn rf 5C icov::s cf frund.-^ticn seeds during the cur ren t ye r ro

5. r.cccrrta:enclr-ticns rcr.dy fc r t i ' snsfcr tc cxtensicn ?.f7cncy, if ? ry

6 , Froj'rtittinic propcfvcd fcr t h e nf'xt y e r r

Qu-'lity se.,:'! tT'rteri.?ls t-btiinerj frc.Ti ro i inb lc pourcor plcne may be used fcr t h s future plr^ncjnr prcrr^'anrrc.

The pl?ntir.£' T^ tcv i? ! prcduct icn pr"fr"'frinoe cut l ined ?>1EO wil l be crntini.ied under centre sccter v/ith th^. p ^ r t i c i p i t i T . ':f ICAR I n s t i t u t e s , Aericultur'^l Uriivcrsiticfi r.nd nt'pte Cvvpr.rtrnente cf / Icr i l / Hcr t . wi th wide r t'-^r^titr t c n-.ect tho rrcv/in;^ ^\-.t^?nc.

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Technical Session V PLANT PROTECTION

1. Number of papers presented

2. Centres where work was dcno :

3. Non-performing Centres if any s

4. Brief description cf ) the work done and ) salient results ) reported )

Except ICAR Research Complex, Gangtok all the Centres participated & presented their reports

9 Centres

Nil

Scientists from various Coordinating Centres presented the present status and progress of wc=rk and were discussed at length.

RECOMMENDATIONS/ DECISIONS

A. PLANT PATHOLOGY

I, Black Pcpixir :

1. Foot rot management t r ia l should be conducted as per the decision of Bangalore Group Discussions, June 1990.

2. Biological control t r ia l may be modified with greater emphasis on tlê , indigenous isol i tes 'from suppressive soils and use cf organic amendments.

3 . Package for generation of healthy planting material may be compiled and made available for the benefit of developmental agencies.

4. Pilot t r ia l s with newer compounds for controlling foot rot of pepper and biocontrcl cf nematodes with myco-parasites l ike Paccilomyces lilacinus may be taken up .

11, Cardamom s

1. Timing cf fungicidal application against 'Azhukal' disease • should be readjusted to give extended period of protection and

different formulations as granular e t c . be evaluated.

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2. Ccmplete intcr?cticn in the" rhizoephere is to be studied to develop ?. system for t ic-contrc l of rhizcmc rot pathogen.

3 . Mutation breeding r/crk tc isolate resistant and tolerant types against 'Kattc' virus may be continued.

Ill .Ginger t

1. R?ting scale should be uniformly adcpted by all centres to score the severity of rhizome rot ,

2. The progress of cess fund project on rhizome ret of ginjjcr may be made available tc PC (Spices) periodically.

IV. Seed Spices :

1. Resistant sources may be short l isted and donors may be utilised in breeding for resistance to wilt disease. This will be constituted as an elite nursery and given to all breeders concerned.

2. Fungicidal control t r ia l s should be conducted cri t ical ly with correct target products with an emphasis on the spectrum of activity of fungicides.

GENERAL DECISIONS

1) Team leader m.ay be identified for each programme to knit the implementation and reporting the progress of identified research programmes.

2) A common record b-vrk v/ith experimental protocols i s to be given tc each centres tc record the data in various t r i a l s . At the end of season, the note- book with complete data would be sent tc the' PI/PC.

3) All the programmes finalised in Bangalore Group Discussion (1990) should be implemented in conducting disease management t r i a l s .

4) New programmes should be developed based on common IPM principles by integrating cultural, agronomic, chemical and biological control pract ices . This IPM programme will cover diseases , insect pes t s , nematodes e tc .

Technical Session V : PLANT PROTECTION

Chairman : DR. S NAGARAJAN

Co-chairman : Dr. K M RAJAN

Rappor teurs : Dr. M N VENUGOPAL

Dr . (Mrs) C PARVATHI

Technical Session VI : VARIETY RELEASE

Chairman : DR M ARAVINDAKSHAN

Rapporteurs s Dr. N KUMAR

}/r. A MANOHAR RAO

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B. ENTOMOLOGY

The t w p r : j c c t s pssigncd tr F-^mj--"dumpsra and Ivûdiêre Centres a rc running f - r the l a s t 18 ycc>rs<, The effect ive insec t ic ides were i i c n t i f i e i f - r the c^ntr'-l pnd manacemcnt cf t h r i p s ind s h ' - t ?• c rpsu lc L-^r^r^

New exper icen t r . in Ent'n'l~,;^y ?

New Ttichnicnl -vcrr^ram^ W)'S -^.rpv/r ir, - H^cup d iscuss ion conffistinc - f Di." T- . c r.- j-n ADG (FP"*, ICAR, Dr. P Rothinam, ADG (PC) , ICAR, Dr^ S F^ i i cn (PC) Sp ices , Sri D&v?sahayam, NRCS, Smt. C P - r . - ' t h i , RPS, Mudiccô, Smt., Suma Paulose , KAU, PampadumparpL, Dr. S Varadara jan , Sc ien t i s t , ICRI & Dr. B Gcpa Kumar, IfRI tc s tudy t h e p e s t s -"f cardamom. The frroup s t r e s sed thi, need tr r c r r i e n t t h e prcgramme with emphas is ' n ;

i ) Bi'-'-supprcsG^'^n usinp r r t a r a l enemies

i i ) Bic-ec-Îrfiy nf p e s t s -"nd deve lop IPM for major pests^ and d iseasoc cf caj:darr..rr by intv,grating c u l t u r a l , chemica l , agri^ncmic and b ic -ccn t r c ] methcdso

DECISIONS

1, I h e c r n t r c l t r ?a i s f r r t h e mamgcmont f t h r i p s and shee t & capsule bo-~t.r ro^y be modified in consultat ion with plant p r r t c c t i - n grâp (Mudif'erc 2i Pampadumpara Cent res)

2 . Inventory su rvey for pcstfa and d i s e a s e s of p e p p e r in high a l t i t ude sbould be undcrt^-ken by Yercaud, Mudigere & Pampadumpara c e n t r e s .

5 . Rocommondati^ nc r eady f'-r t ranpfcr to extcncicn ap;enci^s if any ;

1) Phy t^ph tho ra fort ro t d i s ea se of p :;pper can be contr-^llod by s f r ^ y i n c with l-o 3 ' r d c a u r mixture done th r i c i ; and d rench ing the basin once before --nsct of r r rn jccn .

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2) Pre-sowing, seed treatment \Rdth Bavistin 0.1% and combination nf Dithane IZ-^S (0.25%) + Bavistin (0.1%) followed by Captan (C.25%) for 60 minutoc, increased the gcrminaticn and reduced pose emergence ret ci ginccr,

3) Sprr.ying and drenching v/ith 1% Bordeaux mixture at fortnightly interval wac effective in nianaging diseases in pepper nursery.

6. Fr'Tgrammcs prcposed for the next year %

a) Ongoing experiments i All the ongoing programmes in Plant P^thclcgy will continue (As per the decisions of Bangalore Group Discussions).

b) New experiments The following • programme was formulated to study pests of carda.mcm and pepper.

Cardacnom s

1) 3io-ecolcgy of natural enemies of major pest (Mudigere)

2) Cnltural and chemical control of thr ips and sheet and capsule borer (MLT) (Pampadumpara, Mudigere).

Pep-êr

1) Survey for pests at high altitude " (Pampadumpara, Mudigere & Yercaud)

2) Chemical control of scales (Pampadumpara).

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Technical Session VI VARIETY RELEASE

A special Technical Session was convened tc discuss the prcfOSrjls fcr release ri variet ies on rpices received frcm the different coordinating centres. The profcrma prescribed by the Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Variety Rclc?se w?s followed for presentation.

The data relating to release of the following crops/variet ies were presented in the XI Group Meeting/Workshop and recommended for release.

VARIETY RELEASE PROPOSALS

S. No. Centre Crop Culture No.

1. NRC3, Calicut Pepper

2. NRCS, Calicut Pepper

3. NRCS, Calicut Cardamom

4. ICRI, Myladumpara Cardamom

5. ICRI, Myladumpara Cardamom

6. RRS, Mudigere Cardamom

7. CRS, Pampadumpara Cardamom

8. HARS, Pottangi Ginger

9. TNAU, Coimbatorc Coriander

xO. RARS, Guntur Coriander

11. SRS, Jagudan Cumin

Aimpiriyan (Coll,Nc,856)

Ottaplackal-1 (Coll.No.812)

CCS-1

MCC-61

MCC-49

Mudigere-1

PV-1

(Surabhi)

Acc.Nc.695(CO-3)

CS-2 (Sindhu)

MC-43-73 (GAU Cumin-Z)

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a) Dlack p-cppur ?

NRCS, Cslicut p r r p c s e d twr b lack p e p p e r scloct icnc ;

1) A:.nir:iri>?;n Select icr (Cell ,856) ic having rr. y i e ld po ten t ia l oi '5*.2 kg i'resh p e p p e r y i e l d / v i n e , 8320 kf c*'ên p e p p e r yield/hr\o I t s c thor fe?itui'es a rc p ipe r ine 4.7%, o lcc res in i?..5%, ecscnt ic l o i l s 3.40% and recovery pc rccn t a r e 3<.C%. This v a r i e t y has 3ttr?.ctivc cha rac t e r s l i ke h i^h frui t se t and moderate q u a l i t y .

2) Otl^p"'^ck^l-l (Coll , 812) hT-s y ie ld p- ten t ia ] cf <•.? kg /v ine cf f'l'ccn p e p p e r , 7526" kg cf green pspjper/hc.. Though the yiel:3 it: cccppnable with Ksrimynda and Ps r .n iyu r - l , t h e spec ia l fea tures a re tc^lerr.nce to r co t -knc t nematcdc (M_ incognita) r-nd rn- y cu t -y i e ld o ther vf»rieties in sc i l s infes ted wi th t h e above nematode„ This v a r i e t y has long s p i k e , moderate f rui t se t ",nd bold b e r r i e s wi th high o lcores in .

b ) Cr.rdam^.FT. :

^) CCS-'L (Ccorg C^rdnmom S o l c c t i m - l ) proposed by t h e NRCS Cpnirtiom Research Cent re , Appangala. It i s an open polJin-^-ôd seedl ing cf Clone-37. It i s high y ie ld ing wi th an y i e ld potent ia l cf 408.9 kg d ry capsu l e s /ha which i s near ly 68% increase ^ve r local check . This se lect ion has h igh content cf ecccnt i r l ""il ( 8 . 7 S ) .

^^ '"'CC-'Sg - P r - p o s r d by Indian Cardamom Research I n s t i t u t e , iy'yladumpara. Tt i? a clonal select ion fr?m a Malabar t y p e prccL'Tc-.d fr'- m ChaknpaD?!:i area c.£ Idukki d i s t r i c t . It i s a d - p t a b l c to Vondanmedu and Vandipcr iyar a r e a s . I t i s having r.^ yitl"' ' rott .ntipl c2 325 kg d ry capou ies /ha under ra infed condit ions and 656 k g / h a under i r r i g a t e d condi t ions which i s near ly 22 and 65° r e s p e c t i v e l y h ighe r than local c h e c k .

3) ?/CC-61 - Prcpcsed by Indian Cardamom Research I n s t i t u t e , h/'yladumpara. It i s a clonal select ion from Mysore t y p e col lected frcm Fampadum.p?ra of Idukki d i s t r i c t . Th i s v a r i e t y i s adop-^tablc to Vandanmtdu and Anaroalai h i l l s of Tamil Nadu. I t i s having an y i e ld p ' - tent ial of 375 kg of d r y c a p s u l e s / h a and 766 k g / h a under i r r i g a t e d condit ions which i s n e a r l y 40 and ^2% increase over chock .

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4) t/udipere-1 - Prcpcsod by RRS, Mudigerc. It i s a clcnal selection frrm prcs t rs te Malabar type YT.IIo50081. It has an yield potential cf 250-300 kg dry capsules/h?;» It is suitpble frr Malnad rerîcn of Karnatak? State.

5) FV-1 - Prcposcd by Cardamom Research Station, Pampa-iumpara. It is a clonal selection from Wal?yar local (Malabar type) and has an yield potential of 5C0 kg/ha suitable fnr all cDrdamom growing areas ,

c) Ginger s

XiiiiZl (Surabhi) proposed by High Altitude Research Station, Prtt?.ngi (Orissa) . It i s developed by induced mutation and has Rct en yield potential of 17.4 tonnes of frssh rhizomes/ha which is nearly 20% higher yield than Suprabha. The special feature of this variety is high olecrcsin content of 10.2% as ?C3inst 8.9% in Suprabha.

d) Coriander t

^) ' Q ° 3 ~ Propcscd by TNAU, Coimbatore. It i s a selection from accession 695. It has pot an yield potential of 648.8 kg/ha under Tamil N.-jdu conditions and the crcp comes to maturity earl ier by 6.4 days compared to CO-2. It i s having low incidence cf wilt ?nd grain mould disease. The performance of th is variety is found tc be encouraging in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.

2) CS-2 (Sindhu) - Proposed by RARS, Lam, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) . The variety was developed through mass selection from the indigenous material collected from Warangal dis t r ic t

' (A .F . ) . It has an yield potential of 1000-1100 kg/ha is recommended fc r release for Andhra Pradesh.

e) Cumin :

MC-43-73 (GAU Cumin-2) - proposed by Jagudan Centre (Gujarat). It i s an induced mutant having an yield potential cf 573 kg/ha and is having high essential oil c-ntent (4.0%), mc-dcrately tolerant against blight disease.

It was als-" r e c mmcnded that clonal material should be supplied wherever vegetative propagation is feasible.

Technical Session VII : AGRONOfvfY & SOIL SCIENCE

Chairman : DR I IRULAPPAN

Rapporteurs : Dr. S THAMEURAJ

Mr. V S KORIKANTHIMATH

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Technical Session VII AGRONOMY 6 SOIL SCIENCE

1. N c cf p a p e r s p resen ted

2 . Centres where wcrk was dene

3 . Ncn-pcrfomiinc cen t res if any

The p r o g r e s s of 24 exper iments ^ v;c-i-f.> ; r e c e n t e d .

: 12 Centres - 8 c rops

: Nil

Brief desc r ip t ion of t h e work dene and sa l ient r e s u l t s r e p o r t e d s The p r o g r e s s of work p r e sen t ed

were d i scussed and t h e following decisions/reccnomendaticns were tgken up tc s t reaml ine t h e p r o j e c t s .

RECOMMENDATIONS/DECISIONS :

I . CardamoiD s

1. Fol ia r app l ica t ion of urea at 3%, s ingle s u p e r p h o s p h a t e a t 1% and muriate cf potash at 21 improves the y ie ld of cardamom (fcr en-farm t r i a l ) .

2 . Irr3f3aticn to cardamom from January to August in lew r r i n f a l l t r a c t s at t h e r a t e cf 4 l i t r e s p e r clump p e r day through d r i p inc reases t h s c rop y i e l d by 63% ove r t h e control (no supplementary i r r i ga t i on )

3 . Micro-pot method of ra i s ing cardamom seed l ings may be popu la r i s ed t i l l clonal and t i s sue cul ture methods a r e s t r eng thened .

1. The following h e r b i c i d e appl ica t ion i s recommended fcr on-farm tes t ing to ef fect ively control weeds in cardamom planta t ions for a pe r iod cf 90 d a y s .

o) Paraquat @ C C kg a . i . / h a wi th Atrazine 1.0 kg a . i . / h a

b ) Glyphcsa tc 0.8 kg a . i o / h a wi th Diuron 1.0 kg a . i . / h a

c) Diuron c r Atrazine 1.0 kg a . i . / h a .

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I I . Ginp>..r s

i . Fert i l iser rccraimendaticn of 125s IOCs 100 kg of NPK/ha for airiximuni benefit.

2o A comprtible crop crmbinr.t*on cf ginger + scya bean is rcccmiEendcd.

III . Turtucric ;

A high return crop crirbinciticn cf turmeric + maize or turmeric + chillies cr turmeric + Ci?.stor is beneficial.

IV. Cumin s

A planting distance cf 15 cm, a seed rate of 8.0 kg /ha , application cf 30 kg N/ha through broadcasting (in addition cf 10 t /ha cf FYM cr compcst/h?t) in two equal sp l i t s of 30 jind 60 days of crop growth and use cf herbicide, Terbutrin at 0.5 kg a . i . / h? or Oxadizone at 0.5 kg a . i . / h a or Fluchloralin or Pcntamethalin at l.C a . i . / ha to control the weedc are recommended.

v., Cor'.ar.dor i

1. A spacing of 30 cm and application cf N at 60 kg /ha , in three equal spli ts - basal 30 and 60 days after sowing under irrigated conditions are recommended for Rajasthan.

2. The optimum time of sewing in Guntur is on 15th September.

3 . In Gujarat, harvesting vyhen 100% fruits turn to yellow colour in the whole plant is recommended to get significantly high y ie ld .

VI. Fennel j

1. Application of N at the rate of 90 kg/ha in 3 equal sp l i t s as basal , 30 and 50 days after sowing is recommended for Rajasthan.

2. Under Gujarat cr.nditicns, fertilisation with 90 kg N + 45 kg P-Oc/ha and umbel picking cf fruits turned to yellow colour in' vnc whclc plant gave high y ie lds .

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VII. Fenugreek s

An cptimum sowing peric? of f irst fortnight rf November, a rcw spacing cf 20 r r S' cm, « water requirement at IW/CPE r?-tic cf IsC ?nci application cf 55 kg FÔ-Zha are recommended for high yields under Rajasthan conditions.

GENERAL DECISIONS

1) The ADG(PC) observed that all Scientists working in cardamom should visi t ICRI, Myladumpara, Kerala to acquaint with the ongoing research projects the re .

2) The ADG{PC) remarked that the Scientists of the disciplines cf Horticulture, Agronomy and Soil Science from NRCS and CPCRI will cr i t ical ly go thr'ûgh the ongoing programmes and will suggest any mid-term ccrrections or will propose new programmes as the case may be . Further, the ADG{PC), PC <Spices) and Soil Scientist/Agronomist of NRCS, Calicut will visi t all the Coordinating Centres and review the progress of the research programmes.

3) In all the fert i l izer and manurial t r i a l s , detailed information on the nutrient use efficiency should be gathered.

<I) In all the irrigation exp'^riments, information on water use efficiency should be collected.

5) Experiments may be cnvisajêd on the use cf bio-fert i l izers for the different spice crcps , since encouraging evidences are available in pepper and tree spices in th is direction.

6) Recent surveys by ICRI, Myladumpara have indicated micrcnutrient deficiencies in cardamom soils (Zn, B and Mn). Therefore, experiments involving micronutrients may be planned in different cardamom research centres .

7) In all the agro-technique t r ia l s the experimental population should be cf vegetativcly propagated materi'-ls-v

8) There should be uniformity in the plot s ize , number of plants per treatment and in the maintenance of guard rows in all the centres«

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9) In view of the apprchensicns expressed by the planter participants re^'nrdinc mrre of vegetative rrowth in certain pepper types , cmplcytr.ent of horticultural techniques l ike pruning and training and use of f:rov/th regulators has to be attempted.

10) The pepper t r ia l en irrijratlcn allcted for Chintapalli needs a re-cxaminaticn in view rf the constraints explained.

11) The various t r ia ls allotted under cardamom for Yercaud Centre are to bo reviewed in the light of decisions taken to phase out cardamom research at th is Centre, Suitable t r i a l s on pepper and tree spices are to be proposed for th i s Centre. The PC may initiate necessary action involving TNAU & KAU Centres and organise a "Group sitting" to finalise the programme.

12) Wherever -experiments have been continued for three years , they are to be concluded immediately and completion reports sent tc the Project Coordinator (Spices) within a mcnth's t ime.

Recrmmendaticns ready for ) transfer to extension ) agency if any )

The technologies developed were menticned under item Nc.< (page 63 - 65)

Programme proposed for the next year s

a) Subject to the shove decisions programmes would continue.

the current technical

b) The new programmes on irrigation schedule, time of harvest e t c . for the Jcbnor & Jagudan Centres will be discussed- & finalised by the Prcjoct Coordinator & ADG(PC).

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PLENARY SESSION

Chairman t DR P RETKINAM

Rapporteur : DR S EDISON

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PLENARY SESSION

The Plcn?ry Scssicv r-f ih r Grcup I/cc t inf tf t he R s s c r c h

Workers- cf AICRP en Sj-icvc - in l ieu of the XI VJcrkehop cf t h -

Cccrdinr^'tcd Prcj£ ct - V/T. h( Id en tho ?ftcrn'->cp cf thr. 28th

J u l y , 1991 under the chniiir '- 'nship cf Dr. P P.cthinfir, Assist-.nt

Directcr General (Pl^nt^t icn Crops) c The Ch.'=iirtE-»n whilo

initir\tinn t h e d i s c u s s i o n s , complitncntc-d the Sc ient i s t s -•»ttending

th>-* Spices Wrrkrhop fcr h. 'vinp dene P. d c t - i l c d e x e r c i s e during

t h e p?s t t h r c : d r y s under t h e cuid-^.nce- of Dr. KoLoChtJCih?,

Deputy D i r . c t c r Gcnorrl (K-r t icu l turo)» He w?>s p'^rticulp^rly

glnd tha t t h e r e vr^s ?. roparn to Srssicn en F r rduc t i cn f'

Distr ibution cf p lan t in r tnf'torinl cf Spices invc lv inc vnr ious

->fGncirc l ike the r o p - r t t r c o t s cf Agricultvjrr/ Hort icul ture frctn

tho St^-tcs cf K(.-r?d^, T^nnii N?»du, R-'j^^sthrn -nd &/,izorsm ''.s

well "s the Directcr ' tT ' f Cccc . p A r c c n u t h Sp ie r s Dcvolcpcnt

''nd the Spices Bc^rd .

The Ch?iirnf!'.n vxp i c s sed h^'ppiness th:?t t h : p r cpcsp l fcr rclet^sc-

rf 11 v a r i e t i e s cf s p i c e s V/T. ccnpidcred in dep th during t h e

Wcrkshcp ?nd th.-y w> ro r.,ccnr.aicnclcd fcr re lease , . Kc

exp re s sed concern i b r u t the werkncss c f t h e Technical

FrrprrtniBc.G ^nd th , j i r implement^tien c spec in l ly i r t h e

d i s c ip l ines ^f Acrrncmy b SMI Science. It i s a l so per t inen t t c

mention he re tbnt we h?ve rn ly f ive Aj^rrncmists in t h e entir':!

Frc jec t .--nd nc S t i l Sc ien t i s t . It wrr. i ccommcndad th?.t t h e

Assistr.nt Director Gen>,r?l (PC) '•nd t h e Pr'-^jcct Cocrdinr.t '-r

(Spic;i>) ?lcnE with the Afrcnrmists & the Soil Sc ient i s t s from

the NRGS would m?»ke - .n in d j p t h 2:.view of t he se prcgr.^mtDCS

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in the v^ri-us Ccî 3in->tinp Ccnlr:,;:. It v s (rcnti'-ned by the

Prrjrct Cccrdin^tcr th^t " sî. ci".! rircycsicn W.B ^rr^r£*cd fcr

this purprsc even durinp t h : X W-rksh'^p rf the Prcjcct held r t

Ccimh?>tcrf under the ch-irts'^nship cf DTO 5 Sml'^r-n r-nd th?.t

the (7uidvlincF pivm by tb^t Grrup c?n be cuit^'bly r^d-pt^do

3o A s i c i l a r view wr£ cxrrrf"'C'? in view --f the Irck rf ,^dcqu»tc

supper t in the ErtcxcL-j^y prcgr^Ôiar.^s. Thi.rc T.. cnly twc

En*:^mclDpsts in tl-i. cutirr- Scheme ?nd they - r . -wcrkiisr en

srrsll csrd.imom cnlyo In view -f the cxp'nsi^n rf the jr^nd^lc

cf the Prcjcct to include El?ck Peppor in *11 the C?rdamcDs

Centres, rddit icnrl wcrk-lc?>d will be fcunfo It was ?lsc

prcp'êod tr h?.vc Entcarlrgists for seed cpices j\nd th is will be

discussed iy J^t'iil during the forthccnainfj Grrup Ciscussicn oi

EntcmclcgiEts of Hrrticultur'^1 Pr'^jccts scheduled to be held ?it

Luckncw iurinr /.upust, 1991. The Entonpcl-'fie'ts rf I/udifjcrc 6

P-rpp-drmT? crptrci^ w^rc "idvi6:;d tt un5v,r(^r ? s h T t

rvfresher/famil i-r i r?t i 'n rt^ftr-amo ft NRC3, C-licut.

' ' , The ADG specificcTly opfnti'-n^d hif sctious cncc rn rcg^-rdinp

t h ; rirn-l-->yin,~ cf th^ exp^-timcntr v.Epcci'-.lly r t the

P?>mpaduinpnr-» Ccntro. Kc - If- r»ppc«lcd t r thi £cic>ntints in the

Prcjects Ic trrint.-'in "nd k:.:p ."v-ilnblc- Ptrir'-»ncnt Lcdgcrc/Lop

berks frr c-ch res^-^rch -xpcritrunt/project. This will cnp^blG

puricdic?l scrutiny of the res '-Tch dit* th<?t h'»vf. ?ccutEulatcd

ind presented in the Registers.

5, It w-s suct'octcd that the practice cf holding Group Me^-tincs en

Seed Spices Rcse?irch Wcrkers cpfy b'. revived* This would

tn-'ble to provide cuffici nt time for th is prrup cf crops to be

derl t nt length. Thr voluntary Centre rt His?.r h?.s r.ffcrcd to

b'-ld the next ^'eetin{r nn" the Project Cocrdin?t'^r (Spices) will

t?ke further n.-ccssrry -ction in thif? re^f-rd. It w^s r ise

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rucc-stc 1 lh.?t thcrt. i s ? need to identify Princip?!

Investigators for crch subject/discipline cind the det^'ils will be

worked cut by the Frrjoct Crordin-«trr in consultrticn with the

Dircctcr, NRCS.

6. The ADG desired th.- t the 2C y o T s r c s c r c h hi^'rhlights rf the

C-crdin?.tcd. Project oi' y be brcuc^ht rut at the - r r l i c s t .

7. The Scssicn.?! ChîriB^n cf o?ch Techric*! Scssirp presented tho

reccn5men-^.?ticns rnd d:cis i rns tc'kcn during the concarnod

Scssirn r-nd nftcr •» d iscuss im, they were approved in the

Plenary Seseien? wherever there were necessity, suit?blo

mrdificfticns v/crc £n?de>, The specific technclcpios rcce,ma?eridcd

frr tr*>,nsfer t." the f?rT„rs have been prrpescd end ?.ppr'V'.:3 ?.t

the'" rppropr ia t : Tochnic-l Cessionsc

8. The' l is t -f v?iricties rcceaoaacnded frr rclc-se during the

Trivrndrux Vi?crkrh':p ?TV, presented belrws

G.No.

1.

2 ,

3o

4 .

5.

6.

Centre

N^R.C.S, Calicut

N . R . C . S . Calicut

N . R . C . S . Calicut

h'^yl?iduaap?r'»

I .CoR. I . Mylsdutcpp.r-.

Wudifêrc

Blc\ck P e p p e r

Bl?'ck Peppe r

C-iri^mcfl}

C' rd5?'.irc!r)

CTdsrrrn^

C'^rdfircm

Culture K'. .

Aiajpi r iy .n (C7l l ,Nr ,856)

Ott- 'pl '^ck?!-! (Crl l .Mc.812)

CCS-1

*/CC-61

MCC-49

K(udlgerc-1

7C

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

Pampadutnpara

H.A.R.S. Pcttanpi

T.N.A.U. Coiinb?tore

R.A.R.S. Guntur

S.H.S. Jagudan

Cardanicm

Glncer

Coriander

Coriander •

Cumin

PV-1

V Kj-S (ûrabhi)

ACC.Nc.695 (CO.3)

C.S-2(Sindhu)

MC-43-73 (GAU Curoin-2)

9. At the end. Dr. S Edison, Prcject Cccrdinator proposed the

vcte c.f thanks to al l these connected in cro&nising and

conducting the Trivandrum Workshop, due acknowledgements

prcvided at pages 2-3 cf this Proceedings. He once again

extended his hearty thanks to Dr.K.L.Chadha, Deputy Director

General for having guided the deliberations for the entire

period cf three days cf the Workshop. He thanked Dr. P

Rethinam, ADG(PC) for having cri t ically helped in conducting

the Proceedings and also chairing the Plenary Session. The

Workshop came to a close at 1830 hrs on July 28, 1991.

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

A. Government of Kerala

1. Shri K Karunakaran Hen'ble Chief Minister ; , . . . CHIEF GUEST

2. Shri P.P.George, Hon'ble Minister for Agriculture & Animal Husbandry

B. Indian Council of Agricultural 'Research Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001

3 . Dr. K.L.Chadha Deputy Director General (Horticulture)

4. Dr. P.Rcthinam Assist^r.*- Director General (Plantation Crops)

5. Dr., o.Nagarajan Assistant Director General (Plant Protection)

6. Sri T.A.Sriram

Senior Technical Officer (PC)

C. Project Cocrdinators

7. Dr. S.Edison Project Coordinator (Spicos) National Research Centre for Spices Marikunnu, PO - 673 012 Calicut, Kerala

8. Dr. E.V.V.Bhaskara Rac Project Coordinator (Cashew) N?ticnal Research Centre for Cashew P.O. Keminjc Puttur - 574 202, Kamataka

D. Government of India Directorate of Cocoa, Arecanut fe Spices Development, Calicut - 673 005, Kerala

9. Shri E. Velappan Director

10. Shri KoG.Thcmas Assistant Director

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E. Spices Board, St. Vincent .Cr->ss Read, K.C. Avenue, Emakulam, Cochin - 682 018, Kerala / Indien Cardamoro Research Institute, Vyladumpara - 685 553, Dist. Idukki, Kerala

11. Dr. C.K.Gcorcc Executive Director

12. Sri P.T.John Assistant Director

13. Dr. R.Naidu Director (Research)

14. Dr. K.J.Madhusocdhanan Head, Division cf Botany

15. Dr. Joseph Thomas Head, Division cf Plant Pathology

16. Dr. S.Varadarasan Head, Division cf Entomclcgy

17. Dr. V.Krishnakumar Head, Division of Soil Science & Agronomy

18. Dr. M.R.Sudharshan Deputy Director ICRI Sub-Station Saklcshpur - 573 134, Kamataka

F . ICAR Institutes

i) Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kudlu PO, Kasaragcd - 671 124, Kersda

19. Dr. M.K.Nair Director

i i ) National Research Centre for Spices Calicut - 673 012, Kerala

20. Dr. A.Ramadasan Director

21 . Dr. Y.R.Sarma Sr. Scientist, PI.Pathology

22. Dr. A.K.Sadanandan Sr. Scientist, Soil Science

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23 . Dr. P .N.Ravindr?n S r . Scienti s t , P I . Breeding

24. Dr. K.V.Rampna Sr . Sc ien t i s t , Nctnatology

25. Sri J c s c Abraham Sr . Sc ien t i s t , S t a t i s t i c s

26. Sr i S. Devasahayam Sr . Sc ien t i s t , Entctnrlcgy

27. Sri M. Anandsraj Sr . Sc ien t i s t , PI .Pa thology

28 . Sri B.Krishnatnccr thy Sc ien t i s t , P I . Breeding

29. Sr i K. Nirmal Babu Sc ien t i s t , Genetics

3C. Dr. T .Jobn Zachariah Sc ien t i s t , Biochemist ry

3 1 . Dr. Jchny A Kallupurackal Technical Officer

NRCS Cardamoro Research Centre Appangala, Heravanad PO - 571 201 Kamataka

32. Sri V.S.Kcr ikanth imath Sc ien t i s t - in -cha rge

33; Dr. M.N.Venugcpal S r . Scient is t (PP)

G. NBPGR Regional Sta t ion, KAU Campus, Vel lanikkara - 680 654, T r i c h u r , Kerala

34. Wr. K.C.Velayuthan Senior Scient is t

H. Sc ien t i s t s from Coordinating Centres

i ) Regional Research Station (Unive r s i ty cf Agricul tural Sciences) Mudigorc - 577 132, Dis t . Chikmagalur , Karnataka

35o Dr. H.M.Chandrappa Breeder

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36. Ur. S.C.Chandrasckbar Patholcgist-i/c

37. Mrs. C.Farvnthi J r , Entomolcgist

i i) Hcrticultural Research Station (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University) Yercaud - 636 602, Dist. Salens. Tamil Nadu

38. Mr. N.Kumar Agronomist (Hcrt.)

39. Sri L.Pugalendhi J r . Breeder

i i i ) Cardamcir. Research Station (Kerala Agricultural University) Pampadumpara - 685 553 Dist. Idukki, Kerala

40. Mr. A.Sukumara Varina Assoc. Professor (PI. Pathology)

41 . Mrs. Maya Devi Breeder

42. Mrs. Suma Paulose Ertcmclogist

iv) Pepper Research Station (Kerala Agricultural University) Panniyur, P .E .Nc . l l 3 , Talipar^mba - 670 141 Dist. Connancre, Kerala

43. Sri S.Sasikumaran Assoc. Professor (Pl.PatJiclogy)

44. Sri P.K.Unnikrishnan Naif Asst. Professor (Pathology)

45. Sri T.Jagadcesh Kumar Agronomist

46. Dr. K.K.Ibrahim J r . Breeder (Botany)

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v) Regicnal Agricnl tura l Research Station (Andhra P r a d e s h Agricul tural Unive r s i ty ) ,, Chin tapa l l i - 531 111, Disto Visakh? , Andhra P r a d e s h .

47. Dr. E.Nacabhushanam Rcddy Hor t icu l tur i s t

<8. Dr . V.Chiranjcevi F a t h d c g i s t

v i ) Agricul tura l Research Sfcation (Peppe r ) (Univers i ty of Agricul tural Sciences) S i r s i - 581 401 , Dis t . UttarcN Kannada, Kamataka

49. Sr i Hcmont G.Heg?.e J r . Hor t icu l tur i s t -

50. Sri NcS.M?lebcnnur J r . Plant Pathologis t

v i i ) High Alti'wude Research Station (Orissa Univ, cf Agricul ture & Technology) Pottt:.ngi - 764 039 Dist . Kcraput , Orissa

5 1 . Dr. D.C.Mchanty Breedcx-

52. Sri DoK.Dash J r . Breed e r

v i i i ) Department rf Vegetable Crops (Dr.y.f>.Farmar Univers i ty o{ Hcr t . 6 F o r e s t r y ) Sclan - 173 230, Himachal P fadesh

3 .

4 .

5 .

Dr . B.N.Korla Breeder

Dr . WoP.Dchrc-'^ J r . Fa tholcgis t

Dr. Ravinder K.Goyal J i ' . Biochemist

i x ) Regional Agricul tural Research Station (Andhra P r a d e s h Agricul tural Univers i ty ) JagtiaJ - 5C5 327, Dis t . Karinsnagar, Andhra P r a d e s h

56„ Sri A.Wanohar Rac J r . H r r t i c u l t u r i s t

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x) SKN Collece of Agriculture (Rajasthan Agricul tural Univers i ty ) Jcbner - 303 329, Dis t . J a i p u r , Rajasthan

57.

58.

59.

60.

Dr. R. K. Shartna ST. Breeder

Dr. S .L.Dashcra Breeder

Dr. G.R.Chauclhary J r . Agrcncmist

Dr. S.Ap?rwal J r . Bicchemist

x i ) Spices Research Station (Gujarat Agricultural Univers i ty ) Japud^n - 382 710, Dis t . Mehsana, Gujarat

6 1 .

62.

Sr i S r .

Sri J r .

V.A.ScLinki PatLcloîst

G.M. Patel Breeder

x i i ) Rcpicnal Agricultural Research Station (Andhrs P radesh Agricultural Univers i ty ) Guntur - 522 034 Andhra P radesh

63 . Sri Har iprasad Rac J r . Breeder (Hcr t . )

x i i i ) Faculty of Horticulture (Tamil Nadu Agricultural Univers i ty ) Ccinabatore - 6'11 003 Tamil Nadu

64. Mr. Pe te r G.B.Vcdanuthu Breeder

65 . Mr. F.Salal Rajan J r . Pa th r l cg i s t

I . Vcluntary Centres Department --f Vegetable Crops Haryana Agricul tural Univers i ty Hisar - 125 004, Haryana

66. Dr . K.K.Thakra l Vcjyctrblc Botanist

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67. Dr. F r a t a p Singh J r . Pc tTi i s t

J . NABARD

68. Dr. V.S.Mctial General Manager (Tech . Serv ices ) NABARD, Stcr l inc Centre Dr. Annie Besant Rc?id P .B.No.6552, Wcrl i , Bombay - 400 018

69. Di-. K.A.Mishra ' Manager (Tech . ) NABARD, Trivandrutr

K. Secre t?r ia t / Departments of Agricul ture e t c . cf Kerala / Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh/Rajas than/Mizcram

70. Sri M.S.XcRr.msswamy, IAS Agricultural Frcduct ion CcmaoisBicner Govt, rf Kerala , Trivandruro - 695 GOl

7 1 . Sr i TcJanar:3hanan Nair Director cf Agricul ture Grv t . of KcraL", Vikas Bhavan Trivp.ndrum - 695 033

72. Sri f.I.R.Vijayr.n Joint Direct-^r cf Agricul ture Govt, of Kerpla, Vikar Bhavan Trivardrv-m - 695 033

7 3 . Wrs.B.Rcmard P r inc ipa l Information Officer Farn: Informetion Bureau Tr iva idrum - 695 001 ,

7<:. Sri N.Sadaoivam Director of Hort icul ture Govt, of T a n i l Nadu Dharrrapuri - 636 701

7 5 . Sri K.R.Mehtn Director of Hort icul ture J a i p u r , R?jasthan

7 6 . Si'i K.Thansang? Director cf Agricul ture Aizawl - 796 001, Mizcram

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Lc Kerala Agricul'coval Univers i ty i ) KAU Campus, Vellanikk??r? - 680 654, Tr ichur

77 . Dr. M.Ar?vindcvkshan Director cf Research

78 . Frcf . S.B?l^krishnan Assccieitc Director cf Research

i i ) Ccllcge - f Agricul ture Vel layani , Trivandrum - 695 552 79. Dr. Mchan? Kumar^n

Associate Director (NARF)

80. Dr. M.C.Nair F r c f e s s - r & Head (PP)

i i i ) Regional Agricultural Rese.-\rch Station Anribalavayal - 673 593, Wynad, Kerala

8 1 . Dr. P .Ba lakr i shna F i l l a i Assoc. Director cf Research

i v ) Regional AgricultuTâl Research Station Pi l icode - 6 7 1 353, Kasaragcd D i s t . , Kerala

82 . Dr. K.^^.Raj^n Assoc, Director of Research

M. Tamil N«.du Agricul tural Univers i ty

8 3 . Dr, I . I ru lappan Dean (Hort icul ture) Tamil Nadu Agricul tural Univers i ty Ccimbatore - 641 003

84. Dr. J .B.M.Md.Abdul Khader Professor & Head (Dept . Spices & PC) Tamil Nadu Agricul tural Univers i ty Ccimbatore - 641 003

85 . Dr. S.Thamburaj Professor & Herd Hort icul tural Research Station Yercaud - 636 602, Dis t . Salem

86. Dr. P.Rangaswaroy F r r f e s s o r & Head Hort icul tural Research Station P e c h i p a r a i FO, Dis t . Kanniyakumari

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N. Otlicr Agricul tural Univ-=>rsities

87. Dr. K.G.Meht? Rc3c?rch Sciont is t & Head Spices Research Staticn (Gujarat Agr l . Univers i ty ) Jacudan - 382 710 Dis t . K?clisj^na, Gujarat

88. Dr . G.C. Rath Frcfessor & Head (F l .Fa tho lcgy) Orissa Univers i ty cf Agriculture & Technolcgy Bhub?ncswar - 793 003

89. Dr. E .C.Lcdh^ Professor & Head (FP) Udaipur , Rajasthan

90. Di-. r . S . R a c r i a n t Fa tho lcc i s t Regional Agricul tural Research Station (APAU) Jag t i a l - 5C5 327 Dis t . Karimnagar, Andhra P radesh

0 , P rogress ive Farmers

9 1 . Sr i M.P.Sanath Kumar Kaj Mahal Mutt i l , Wynad - 673 122, Kerala

92. Dr. M.S.Ni' .Christopher Travanccrc Tea Es ta tes Vand iper iya r Idukki Dist c, Kerala

9 3 . Sr i W.r .A.R.Nagara jan i a t t i v c e r a n p a t t i - 62'0 211 Dindigul - Q.E.M. Dist Tamil Nadu

94. Sr i M.S.F .Rajes Cauvei-y Peak Yercaud fO Salem Dist , Tamil Nadu

95 . Sr i F . R . K . J . J u l i n Fa t t i vce rpnpa t t i - 62< 211 Dindigul - Q.E.M.Dis t , Tamil Nadu

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96„ Sri Y.Nsrayan? ?.rti Belliksn? Nursery Bacit'gr.Rr.ur - 574 223 Put tur Teluk, D.K. , Karnataka

Hort icul tural Input Afcncies

97. Dr, M.Abdul Kalam Directvor Central State Farm F.O.Aralam Farrr - 670 673' Cannansre Diet, Ker;?la

98 . Mr. C.V.Jacob Managinf- Director Synthi te Indus t r i a l Chemicals Ltd Kclenchery - 682 311

99. Mr o V. Ranganathan Ram Bahadur Thakur Ltd Vandipcr iyar - 685 553, Idukki

ICO, Mr. A.S .Sc th iamrcr thy Rhrne-Fculenc Agrcchensicals ( India) Ltd Ccimbatcre - 641 Cl8

101. Dr. K.Rajamani Hindustan Ciba-Geigy Ltd Brnabay - 40C C20

1C2. Iv'r. R.Cubrati-inrjian Hindustan Gibe. Goigy Ccimbatcre - 641 041

103. Ur, ^/athe5waran Hindu£5tan Ciba Geigy, f/adurai

104. Cr.R.Suudora Rajan NOCIL, Kiadras

1C5. Dr .V.K.Rajencra NOCIL, Bombay

106. D r . S . C . T r i p a t h i Rail i s India Ltd Banî-^lirrc

107. Br . G.Xrishnamohan Sandcz ( India) Ltd Ccimbatcre - 6<J1 0 l 8 .

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