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General Info
| Code | Crop Prot 1.2 (813) | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Screening germplasm of spice crops for reaction to insect pests | |
| Crop(s) | General | |
| Start year | 1995 | Closed |
| End year | 2006 | |
| Investigators | Name | Man-months |
| K M Abdulla Koya | ||
| S Devasahayam | ||
| B Sasikumar | ||
| T K Jacob | ||
| K Johnson George | ||
| K V Saji | ||
Objectives
- The project was proposed to study the reaction of spice crops such as black pepper, ginger and turmeric for their reaction to major insect pests and to isolate sources of resistance in the germplasm
Salient Achievements
- 295 cultivated germplasm accessions, 134 hybrid accessions, 6 high yielding varieties,20 wild Piper nigrum accessions and 2 inter specific hybrids were screened against pollu beetle among which one wild P. nigrum (Acc. No. 2070) was resistant.
- Screening of 495 accessions against shoot borer indicated that the average infestation on pseudostems ranged from 3.3%-32.9%.
- Screening of 895 accessions against shoot borer indicated that two accessions (845 and 846) were free of infestation in the preliminary screening.
