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    Studies on the performance of two groundnut varieties, TMV-2 and TMV-9, under graded doses of phosphorus and potassium.
    (Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1978) Purushothaman Nair, N; KAU; Sadanandan, N
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    Comparative studies on the fixation of nitrogen by certain common legumes
    (Division of Agronomy, Agricultural college & reseach institute Vellayani, Trivandrum, 1963) Rose, H L; KAU; Madhavan Nair, K
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    Studies on the effect of graded doses of phosphorus in conjunction with lime on growth , yield & phoperous uptake in rice (Oryza sativa Linn.) Var. IR B.
    (Division of Agronomy, Agricultural college & reserach institute Vellayani, Trivandrum, 1969) Suseelan, P.; KAU; George, C M
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    Studies on the effect of N, P and K fertilization on the growth and yield of chilli (Capsicum annuum, L.)in red loam soils of Kerala
    (Division of Agronomy, Agricultural college & reseach institute Vellayani, Trivandrum, 1968) Mohamed Kunju, U; KAU; George, C M
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    Time of application of pre-emergence herbicides in dry-sown rice
    (Department of Agronomy, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 1989) Suja, G; KAU; Abraham, C T
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    Studies on the effect of fertilizers on the growth, yield and quality of oil of citronellla
    (Division of Agronomy, Agriculture college and research institute Vellayani , Trivandrum, 1966) Ravindranathan Pillay, G; KAU; Madhavan Nair, K
    The present investigation was undertaken at the agriculture college and research institute , Vellayani during 1964-66 to study the influence of fertilizers on growth yield and quality of oil in citronella.The effect of nutrients nitrogen and potach at three level each and phosphorus and calcium two levels each were studied in a mixed confounded factorial experimnt , in randomised Block design.
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    Studies on the performance of five varieties of cowpea (Vigna sinencis Savi.) and their response to nitrogen and phosphate fertilization
    (Division of Agronomy, Agricultural college & reseach institute Vellayani, Trivandrum, 1966) Ravindran Nair, R; KAU; George, C M
    A field experiment was laid out in the farm attached to the agricultural college and research , Vellayani, during 1965-66 to study the effect of nitrogen and phosphate fertilization on five varieties of cowpea and to determine the best variety, suited to the local conditions . The varieties tried were , new era, M.S .9314, African, C4 and the local. The fertilizer treatments comprised two levels of nitrogen , vis, 0,30,60 and 90 kg./ha.
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    Spatial arrangement and nutrient management for maize- fodder cowpea intercropping in rice fallows
    (Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture Vellayani, Trivandrum, 1989) Geetha Kumari, S; KAU; Mohamed Kunju, U
    An investigation was carried out during the summer season of l987-88 in the instructional farm attached to the College of Agriculture Vellayani to determine the best crop arrangement for a grain maize fodder cowpea inter cropping in summer rice fallows under different fertility levels • The different crop arrangements. tried were pure crop of maize at normal row arrangement, maize at normal row arrangement, + one, row of cowpea in between the maize pure crop of maize at paired row arrangement two rows of cowpea in the interpair spaces maize at paired rows of cowpea.
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    Effect of phospherus nutrition liming and rhizobial inculation on soybean
    (Department of Agronomy, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 1979) Kurian, T M; KAU; Vikraman, R
    An experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm attached to the College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara during July to October 1978, to study the effect of phosphorus nutrition, liming and rhizobial inoculation on soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merril). The investigation was taken up with the objective of arriving at the phosphorus requirement of the crop, assessing the response to liming and evaluating the effect of rhizobial inoculation. The trial was also aimed at studying the possible interaction effects between these factors. The experiment was laid out as a factorial in randomized block design with 16 treatments and 3 replications. The study revealed that applied phosphorus did not significantly affect any of the growth characters consistently. Grain yield and yield attributes were also unaffected but stover yield increased with higher doses of applied phosphorus. In general, nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium contents in plant components were unaffected by levels of phosphorus, liming and rhizobial inoculation. Uptake of these nutrients also remained almost unchanged. At harvest, nitrogen uptake by seeds constituted 44 per cent of the total, remaining being accumulated in stem + petiole and shell. In the case of phosphorus, 86.9 per cent of the total accumulation was in seeds, 6.0 percent and 7.1 per cent being in stem + petiole and shell respectively. Calcium being an immobile nutrient and an element not translocated within the plant, proportion of uptake of calcium in various components of the plant was different from that of nitrogen and phosphorus. In contrast to nitrogen and phosphorus, only 24.9 per cent of the total was found in seeds whereas 36.3 per cent and 38.8 per cent of it were concentrated in stem + petiole and shell respectively. Levels of phosphorus, had no effect on total nitrogen and available potassium contents of soil after harvest of the crop but there was a notable increase in available phosphorus and decrease in exchangeable calcium. Liming and rhizobial inoculation did not have any conspicuous effect on the content of nutrients in soil.