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' .IJ"l" . ~'3.qlr1 ....... ·.• ,'Q •.• • ~CC8SS!U" NQ: .... ...... .. .. ;a- III U , -..L·DJ... ........... " ~ :.~ ~ va.r._t Q ••• , ••• , 0,••• ••••• ..... ..... , .. • ._ ......••.. '..... .. _ .......... 0 ••••• ~ ... , PREFACE We have extreme pleasure to present the proceedings of the National Seminar on Strategies for Increasing Production and Export of Spices was the eighth National Seminar organized by the Indian Society for Spices. During its existence in the last twelve years the Society could focus on most of the issues pertaining to the cultivation, production management, diseases and pest management, post harvest and marketing aspects of spices, medicinal and aromatic plants. It is heartening to note that the Seminars organized by the Society has always received the full attention of the various core groups of these sectors. The above National Seminar was organized at IISR, Calicut during 24-26 October 2002. There were about 87 papers covering Production Strategies for Optimization of Inputs, Biodiveristy and Conservation, Biorational Management of Pest and Disease and Value Addition, Marketing and Export Strategies. There were three invited papers focusing on production of vanilla, cropping systems and global market outlook of pepper. This publication brings out the full articles under Crop Production (22), Biodiversity (9), Biorational Management (4) and Value Addition and Marketing (8). The opinions expressed in the papers in this issue are that of the authors and need not represent the views of ISS. Due to paucity of time there may be some short falls in the presentation which may kindly be ignored. The support given by various agencies, Dr. V A Parthasarathy, Director, IISR, Calicut; Dr. V S Korikanthimath, President, ISS and Staff Members of the Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut are acknowledged with gratitude. The help rendered by Ms. T V Sandhya in typesetting and suggestions by the Editorial Committee is also gratefully acknowledged. Secretary Indian Society for Spices For the Publication Committee CONTENTS Session I: produtlion Strategies for Optimization of Inputs Page Invited lectures I. Spices in coconut based cropping system H H Khan and V Krishnakumar 1 2. Strategies for increasing production and export of vanilla M R Sudharshan 17 Oral and Poster Preserltations 3. GIS based Land Suitability Classification for Black Pepper in Kerala Remi Chandran, M 5 30 Madan, V Sreenivasan and J Nagendra 4. Pollinator recruitment in relation to flower density in Small Cardamom (Elettaria 39 Cardamomum Maton; Zyngiberaceae) V V Belavadi, C Parvathi, Thirnmarayappa, M R Anand1 and Y L Ramachandra 5. Influence of foliar organic nutrients on growth and yield performance of chilli T Uma 44 maheswari, K Haripriya, K Sekar and S Kamalakannan 6. Effect of sowing seasons, varying levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium on growth 49 and seed yield of coriander (Coriandmm sativum L) Cv Co 35 Subramanian, A Subbiah, M Vijayakumar and S Saraswathy 7. Effect of nutrients on growth and yield of leafy type Coriander Ann Riya, N Chezhiyan, G 53 Jansi Rani and A Subbiah 8. Investigations on optimum nutrient requirements and planting dates for garlic (Allium 60 sativum L ) under Northern dry zone of Karnataka S I HanamasheUi, Veeresh, B N PatH and NKHegde 9. Effect of bio-fertilizers on the growth, yield and essential oil content in rosemary 66 (Rosmarinu5 officina lis L) M N Anuradha, A A Farooqi. M Vasundhara, C Kathiresan and K N Srinivasappa 10. Production str,01ltegies for some high-value essential oils in south India E V 5 Prakasa Rao, 72 Alok Kalra1 and 5 P 5 Khanuja 11. Effects of org,01loic amendments on yield and quality of black pepper A K Sadanandan and 81 5 Hamza 12. Studies on the effect of different spacing on yield and quality on pepper vaT Panniyur-l J 85 Prem Joshua, C Gailce Leo Justin, M Selvarajan and J 0 Nirmalatha 13. Prospects of pepper cultivation as a mixed crop in oil palm plantations of Andhra Pradesh 87 M V Prasad, K 5uresh, V M Reddy and 5 NeeJaveni 14. Organics and biofertilizers on yield and foUat nuttient uptake in black peppet (PipeT 90 nigrum L) Filitte Stephen and E V Nybe 15. Plant growth honnone effect of Azospirillum sp. on bush pepper C K Yamini Varma and 96 S K Nair 16. Production strategies for optimization of inputs in cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum 99 Maton) V S Korikanthimath 17. Implication of plant growth regulators on bioregulation of growth and yield in chilli Mohd 119 Tahir Lone, K I--Jaripriya, M V Sriramachandrasckaran and 5 Kamalakannan 18. The growth of Rosa damacena Mill and maximization of flower yield and active ingredients 123 in rose with mb,ed inter cropping of crash crop-Zingiber A Misra, A Khan, R Kumar and N K Srivastava 19. Evaluation of cultivation and distillation of French lavender (Lavandula stoechas L) in a red 131 soil of semi-arid tropical region E V S Prakasa Rao, T N Parameswaran and 5 Ramesh 20. Effect of integrated nutrient management and plant density on growth and yield of Tagetes 134 minuta 1 B Senthilkumar, M Vasundhara, A A Farooqi, C Kathiresan and K N Srinivasappa 21. Effect of biofertjlizers on physiological and biochemical parameters of turmeric cv BSR 2 M 138 Velmurugan, N Chezhiyan and M Jawharlal 22. Growth and physiological attributes of turmeric varieties (Curcuma longa L) BSR-l and Co 1 146 under Coimbatore conditions 5 Subramanian A Subbiah, M Vijayakumar and S Saraswathy Session II: Biodiversi ty and Conservation Oral and Posfer Prcsrtltations 23. Genetic diversi ty of cardamom and its conservation in India K M KUfUvilla, V V 153 Radhakrishnan, V Vadivel and K J Madhusoodanan 24. Agrobacterium Rhizogenes mediated transformation of pogostemon c«blitt: regeneration, 165 chemical and molecular characterization of in-vitro raised transformants Shilpi Garg, Gauri Saxena, Suchitra Banerjee, A K Kukr~a, A A Naqvi, G R Mallavarapu and Sushil Kumar 25. Ma5s mUltiplication of tamarind through in vitro culture G Prabakaran. N Chezhiyan, G 167 Jansi Rani and G Balakrishnamurthy 26. Occurrence of useful traits in Vanilla wightiana and attempts to transfer them into V. 177 planr'!olia Y S Rao, K Mary Mathew, K Pradip Kumar~ R Lakshmanan, J Sree Rama Murthy and K Madhusoodanan 27. Root distribution pattern of bush pepper (Piper nigrum L )C K Thankamanj, P K Ashokan1 182 and N V Kamalam 28. Studies on the evaluation of <:innamon (Cinnamomom veentm) genotypes in high rainfall 187 zone of Kanayakumari district] Prem Joshua, M Jayasekhar, M Selvarajan and G V Rajalingam 29. Genetic variability and character association in fenugreek (Trigone!ia foenum graecum L ) B 189 P Shahi, R D Singh, J Dixit, B N Singh and B P Singh 30. Evaluation of fenugreek (Trigonella foe1lum~graecum L.) genotypes M Selvarajan, N 192 Che:z.hiyan and P Muthulakshmi 31. Genetic variability and correlation studies in Tunntric (Curcuma longa L ) V S Pandey, V P 195 Pandey, T Singh and A K Srivastava Session Ill: Biorational Management of Pest ,& Disease Oral and Poster Presentations 32. Studies on the incidence and crop loss in yield due to anthracnose disease at the time of 201 spiking in black pepper under coffee based cropping system L Arasumallaiah 33. Evaluation of tntomogenous fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae (metsch J Sorokin on 205 cardamom root grub, 8asilepto fu1vicorne Jacoby under field condition S Varadarasan, M A Ansar Ali, S S Chandrasekar, R Suseela Bhai; and B Gopakumar 34. Integrated management of ginger rhizome rot caused by Pythium aphanidermatum M 2()<J Jayasekhar, J Prem Joshua, C Gailce Leo Justin and M Selvarajan 35. Management of Phytophthora foot rot of black pepptr (Piper nigrum L.) under arecanut 212 cropping system in Uttara Kannada Dist of Kamataka M 5 Lokesh, Nagesh Naik and Heman! G Hegde Session IV: Value Addition, Marketing and Export Strategies 1nvited 2ectures 36. Global Market out look lor pepper other spices K P G Menon 215 Oral and Poster Presentations 37. Cardamom Economy of India: Growth and Prospects M S Madan, J Nagendra and K A Manoj 223 38. An insight in non-tariff barrier in export of spices: Pesticide Residues K K 5hanna~ 238 D B Saxena and Kalpana 39. Studies on spouted bed drying of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Malon.) capsules on 244 flavour and aroma compounds M Balakrishnan, V V Sreenarayanan, R Viswanathan,. M Murugan and A Subbaiah 40. Paprika: A very good natural food colourant Influence of season and growth environment 255 on yield parameter and quaJity in paprika (Capsicum annuum val. Jongum L) K Priya,. M Vijayakumar, N Chezhiyan and G Jansi Rani 41. Chemical composition of Lavandula 5toechas L. grown in a red soil of semiarid tropical 265 region in India K V Syamasundar, E V 5 Prakasa Rao, T N Parameswaran, M Chandraka1a and SRamesh 42. Lycopene and volatile oil constituents - changes during storage of mace (Myristica fragrans) 268 powder K M Maya, T John Zachariah and B Krishnamoorthy 43.