Annual Report

Research achievements during 2018-19

BLACK PEPPER

• In black pepper , spraying with mixture 1 [Combination of potassium nitrate (0.5%), boric acid (0.3%), zinc sulphate       (0.25%), ferrous sulphate (0.25%), magnesium sulphate (0.25%)] in three locations showed higher green       berry yield (21.5 kg) /vine and dry berry yield (6.8 kg/vine) when compared to control (1.6 kg/vine).
• The two accessions PN 33 and PN 57 are included in AICRP CVT trial in two centres (Sirsi and Panniyur)
• Application of N @37.5 g/vine/year +50 g Azospirillum + 10kg FYM resulted in higher yield of green and dry berries
• Organic pepper production – FYM 10 kg+50g Azospirillum + 50g Phosphobacteria + 200g VAM /vine/year is recommended
• Summer irrigation @80-100 liter of water/vine at 15 days interval during summer (April-May) will promote early and uniform flowering.

COFFEE

• Application of NPK @ 120:90:120kg/ha./year along with 2.5 tonnes of calcium carbonate once in two years resulted in higher yield
• Foliar spray of zinc sulphate 0.5% once in pre-blossom and another at 150 days later yield high ripe berry in coffee

FLOWER CROPS

• Application of NPK @10:10:10 at 0.2% spray at 15 days interval and application of 100 g of Azospirillum once in a year resulted in increased spike yields in orchids.
• Propagation of anthurium through double nodal cuttings treated with IBA 1500 ppm is recommended for higher rooting percentage
• For commercial cultivation of anthurium, 80% shade is ideal for getting higher yield
• Application of FYM 200 g + coir compost 100 g + Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria   2 g each + VAM 2 g at 2 months interval + 20 g Trichoderma viride spray at 15 days interval resulted in higher yield in anthurium
• Application of 0.2% humic acid at 15 days interval for three times from 15^th day after planting leads to higher yield and quality parameters in Gladioli 

Table 1. Seminar/Trainings/Conference Organized by directorate during 2018-19

S.No	Title of the Seminar/Training	Sponsor	Budget	Period   (Duration )	Category of Participants	Number of Participants
1.	Two days training on Coffee and coffee based cropping system	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	26.07.2018 and 27.07.2018	Farmers	Male – 68   Female -17
2.	Training programme on Coffee, pepper and silver oak cultivation	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	27.09.2018 and 28.9.2018	Farmers	Male – 85 Female -35
3.	Trainings on Integrated watershed management	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	29.09.2018	Farmers	Male – 8   Female -7
4.	Training programme on Intercropping system in coffee	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	30.10.2018 and 31.10.2018	Farmers	Male – 38   Female -12
5.	Training programme on Intercropping system in coffee	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	27.11.2018 and 28.11.2018	Farmers	Male – 36 Female -14
6.	Training programme on Intercropping system in coffee	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	11.12.2018 and 12,12.2018	Farmers	Male – 35 Female -15
7.	Training on improved Black pepper cultivation technologies	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	14.12.2018.	Farmers	Male – 55 Female -25
8.	Training programme on Intercropping system in coffee	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	09.01.2019 and 10.01.2019	Farmers	Male – 50
9.	Training programmes on “Watershed level user group members under capacity building” under TAWDEVA, Chennai	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	I Batch- 14.2.2019 & 15.2.2019 II Batch- 19.2.2019 & 20.2.2019 III Batch- 21.2.2019 & 22.2.2019 IV Batch 25.2.2019 & 26.2.2019	Farmers	200 farmers (50 nos./ batch 150 female & 50 male)
10.	Demonstration on grafting of pepper for Palakkadu, kerala farmers.	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	14.11.2018	Farmers	Male – 32 Female -27
11.	Demonstration on paring and prolinage for hill banana for Nagalur farmers.	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	19.11.2018	Farmers	Male – 24 Female -26
12.	Demonstration on different methods of cuttings for propagation of black pepper for Semmanatham farmers.	Department of Horticulture and Plantation crops	–	15.12.2018	Farmers	Male – 33 Female -22

Table 2. Important Visitors to the directorate during 2018-19

S.No	Date	Name and Designation of the Visitor	Country	Department /College Visited	Purpose
1.	17.11.2018	Mr. K. Shanmugam, I.A.S. Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Tamil Nadu	India	HRS, Yercaud	To know about research activities of the station
2.	30.01.2019	Shri. Babulal Meena Assistant Director, Directorate of Arecanut & Spices Development, Calicut	India	HRS, Yercaud	Spice nursery upgradation

Table 3. Inputs Produced and Laboratory services provided by the Directorate during 2018-19

S.No

Name of the Input

Qty

Value (Rs.)

S.No

Name of the Input

Qty

Value

S.No

Name of the Input

Qty

Value

Soil Testing

Azolla

Water sample analysis

Bio Mineralizer

TNAU Micro Nutrient Mixture

Azophos

TNAU Mineral Water

Panchagaviya

Nutri Seed Pack

Coconut tonic

Azozpirillum (kg)

1032

41280

Coconut Seedling

Phosphobacteria (kg)

1020

40800

Rhizobium

Vermicompost (kg)

13171

131710

Pseudomonas (kg)

1231

123100

Tricoderma viride (kg)

889

88900

VAM (kg)

1871

74840

Pepper cuttings (Nos)

50610

4,04,880

Timla fig (Nos.)

125

25,000

Medicinal and aromatic plants (Nos.)

676

6760

Oyster spawn (kg)

2016

241920

Table 4.Seed Production by directorate during 2018-19

	Breeder Seed				Foundation Seed			Truthfully labeled seed
S.No	Crop	Qty	Value	S.No	Crop	Qty	Value	S.No	Crop	Qty	Value
	Rice				Tomato
	Sorghum				Brinjal
	Ragi				Chillies
	Varagu				Bhendi
	Thenai				Onion
	Samai				Ridge gourd
	Varagu				Ash Gourd
	Panivaragu				Snake gourd
	Kuthiraivali				Clusterbean
	Maize				Pumpkin
	Red gram				Amaranthus
	Green gram				A.Moringa
	Black gram				Veg.Cowpea
	Cow pea				Lab Lab
	Horse gram
	Mothbean
	Fodder Sorghum
	Cotton
	Groundnut
	Gingelly
	Castor
	Desmanthus
	Lucerne

Table 5. Foreign Visits by the Scientists of the directorates during 2018-19

S.No	Date	Name of the scientist	Designation and Affiliation	Place of Visit	Purpose of Visit
1.
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4.
5.

Table 6. Patents Filed /Granted to the directorate during 2018-19

S.No	Name of the Innovation	Scientist & Department	Date Filing/Grant

 
Table 7. Award received by the Scientists of the directorate during 2018-19

S.No	Date of Award	Name of the Award	Name of the Scientist and Designation	Department/Unit	Awarding Organization	Cash Award/Plague/ Certificate*
1.	15.09.2018	Professor M.S.Swaminathan Best Young Scientist Award 2018	Dr. P.R.Kamalkumaran	Department of Vegetable Crops	Bose Science Society, Pudukottati	Certificate
2.	26.04.2018	Best Centre Award- 2018 of All India Coordinated Research Project on Tuber Crops	Dr. P.R.Kamalkumaran and Dr. M. Velmurugan	Department of Vegetable Crops	ICAR	Certificate

*Scanned copy of certificates may have to be attached
Table 8. Trainings/Conference attended by Scientists of the directorate during 2018-19

S. No	Name of the Training/Conference	Name of the Scientist	Date of the Event (From.. To..)	Organizers	Host Institution & Place
Conferences/Seminars
	International
1.	Nil
	National
1.	National seminar on “Fungal diversity conservation and exploration of myco-molecules”	Dr. P.R.Kamalkumaran	22.03.2018	Department of Plant Pathology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.	Department of Plant Pathology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
	State
1.	Nil
Trainings
	International
1.	Nil
	National
1.	Integrated Nutrient management and nutrient budgeting through advanced models to improve crop productivity	Dr. M. Anand	22.10.2018 to 26.10.2018	ICAR- ISCWR, OOTY	ICAR- ISCWR, OOTY
	State
1.
2.

Table 9. Publications of the Scientists during 2018-19

S.No	Category	Publication Details* (in English)	Publication Details* (in Tamil)	NAAS Score	Scopus/Web of Science Listing
A.	Books with ISBN only (Indicate ISBN Number)
1.		Jawaharlal.M, S.Subramanian, J.Prem Joshua, N. Richard Kennedy, M. Ganga, A.Sankari, P.Aruna, S.P.Thamaraiselvi, K.Hemaprabha, M.Anand, S.Karthikeyan, P.Ranchana, S.Vinodh. (2018). A guide on commercial Flower crops in tamilnadu. Published by Lakshmi Graaphics. ISBN:978-81-937046-0-8
2.
B.	Books without ISBN only
1.
2.
C.	Chapters in Books with ISBN only (Indicate ISBN Number)
1.		Kamalkumaran, P. R., Shanmugasundaram, T., & Arumugam, T. (2019). Growing vegetables in vertical farming systems. In Protected cultivation and precision farming technologies(p. 107). Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India: Sree Kumaran Computers.
2.		Velmurugan, M., Kamalkumaran, P. R., Pugalenthi, L., Saraswathi, T., &Manickam, S. (2018). Tuber crops of Tamil Nadu. In Tropical tuber crops- potential and prospects (1st ed., pp. 36-55). New Delhi, IN: Westville Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-83491-96-4.
D.	Articles in journals
1.		Praneetha. S, S. Muthuramalingam and R Muthuselvi . 2018. Comparative performance of habanero pepper under open and protected conditions. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 6(2): 1712-1715 . P-ISSN: 2349–8528 E-ISSN: 2321–4902.		5.31
2.		Karthikeyan, S., M. Anand, S. Malathi and S. Manonmani. (2018). Evaluation of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Genotypes for High Yield and Resistance to Soft Rot Suitable for Gudalur Regions in Nilgiris District. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci (2018) 7(7): 2979-2985 ISSN: 2319-7706		5.38
3		Dumpala Swetha, Kamalkumaran, P. R., & Vetrivelkalai, P. (2019). Evaluation of F1 hybrids of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and mechanism of resistance against root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita). International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7(3), 252-255.		5.31
4		Shobiya, S., Shoba Thingalmaniyan, K., Kamalkumaran, P. R., & Thiruvengadam, V. (2019). Assessment of genetic variability for yield and galactomannan content in M3 generation of cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.) cv. MDU 1. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 8(3), 2400-2403.		5.21
5		Soundharya, N., Srinivasan, S., Sivakumar, T., & Kamalkumaran, P. R. (2019). Effect of foliar application of nutrients and silicon on yield and quality traits of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.). Int. J. Pure App. Biosci, 7(2), 526-531.		4.74
6		Dumpala Swetha, Kamalkumaran, P. R., Premalakshmi V., Vetrivelkalai P., & Sritharan N. (2019). Heterosis studies on plant defence enzymes for root knot nematode resistance in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) F1 hybrids. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 8(4), 110-112.		5.21
7		Dineshkumar. S, S. Praneetha and N Manikandapoobathi . 2018. Variability, heritability and genetic advance for qualitative and quantitative characters in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Int.J. of Chemical Studies 6(3): 280-282.		5.31
8		Jansi .V., V. Rajasree, R. Kumar, S. Praneetha and S. Rajeswari. 2018. Heterosis and inbreeding depression studies in pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex Poir.).Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 9 (3 ) : 1031 – 1037.		4.97
9		Jayalakshmi .K. andS. Praneetha . 2018.Evaluation of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) local types for yield and its quality characters. Int. J. of Chemical Studies 6(3): 292-297.		5.31
10		Karthick R, GV Rajalingam, S Praneetha, KB Sujatha and T Arumugam. 2018. Effect of micronutrients on growth, flowering and yield of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) cv.CO1. Int. J. of Chemical Studies. Vol.6 (1): 845-848.		5.31
11		Ndereyimana Assinapol, S Praneetha and V Rajasree .2018. Performance assessment of grafted brinjal for shoot and fruit borer infestation (Solanum melongena L) .Int J. of Chemical Studies ; 6(2): 2189-2183.		5.31
12		Kumar.R., V. Rajasree, S. Praneetha, S. Rajeswari and U. Tripura. 2018. Correlation and Path Coefficient   Analysis Studies in Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch. Ex poir) for Yield and Quality Traits. Int. J. of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Vol:7 Number 05		5.38
13		Kumar.R., V. Rajasree, S. Praneetha, S. Rajeswari and U. Tripura. 2018. Per se Performance of Parents in Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex Poir) for Small Size, Thick Flesh with High Yield and Quality . Trends in Biosciences 11(17), pp: 2701-2704		3.94
E.	Abstracts in seminars
1.
F.	Popular articles in Weeklies and Monthlies
1.

*APA Referencing Format