Study was undertaken using four varieties of pineapple to find out the time of anther debiscence and flower opening, time interval between various stages of flower development and best time of hand pollination for maximum seed production, i !u- time of flower opening and anther dehiscence in 'Kew* pineapple was found to be between 4 . 1 5 am and S a m The t...

An experiment was conducted at the Coconut Research Station, Pilicode, Kerala to study the effect of substitution of potassium applied to coconut by sodium. Twentyfour year old coconut palms grown in laterite soil and which received N,P and K at the recommended dose were selected for the study. Replacement of potassium applied as KCI at the rate of 1000 g K20/p...

A study of the performance of the open pollinated progenies of T x D palms was conducted at the Coconut Research Station, Pilicode. Considerable reduction in the expression of hybrid vigour was observed from the iiisi generation T x D to the second generation open pollinated progenies. In respect of age at first flowering growth rate and leaf production they were m...

A study was conducted at the Instructional Farm , Vellanikkara , during 1979-80 with the objective of assessing the extent of variability in the seedling progenies obtained from open pollinated seednuts of tall x Dwarf (F1) palms Seednuts were collected from 30 Tall x Dwarf F1 palms belonging to six family groups and the experiment was laid out in completely random...