Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Divya Seetaram Bhat, Laxminarayan Hegde, NK Hegde, Vijayakumar Narayanpur, Ratnakar M Shet and E Rajashekhara

Abstract:
Inter-varietal hybridization in black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) was carried out using var. Panniyur-1 as female parent and four cultivars of black pepper viz., Ademane pepper, Chomala, Keregadde Malligesara and Kurimale as pollen donors to get the hybrids with better quality characters like the tolerance / resistance to Phytopthora foot rot disease and anthracnose and also to get quality berries. The results of the initial study revealed that the cross combination of var. Panniyur-1 and cv. Keregadde Malligesara recorded better plant height, more number of leaves, leaf length, leaf breadth, internodal length and number of branches. The morphological characters in hybrid plants also differed accordingly.