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    Growth, Flowering, Floral biology and spike shedding in pepper (Piper nigrum L.)
    (Department of Horticulture (Plantation Crops), College of Agriculture, Vellanikkara, 1981) Rema Menon; Sivaraman Nair, P C
    The present studies were carried out in the College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, during the year 1979-80. The object was to study the pattern of growth and flowering, floral biology and spike shedding in pepper (Pipernigrum L.) . The studies were conducted on four year old pepper vines (c.v. Panniyur-1 and Karimunda) receiving uniform cultural and manurial practices of the Kerala Agricultural University. Shoot growth in pepper was observed during four months of the year, from May to August, with maximum in July and minimum in August. The mean growth and the percentage of shoots that showed growth varied significantly from month to month and standard to standard. The flowering followed a pattern similar to growth. The percentage of aborted spikes ranged from 40.1 to 26.31 per cent.
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    Growth, flowering, fruitset and fruit development in Lovi-Lovi
    (Department of Pomology and Floriculture, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 1998) Arumuga Prasad, S; Lila Mathew
    Studies were carried out at College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, Thrissur during 1995 to 1996 to know about the growth habit, flowering pattern, floral biology, fruit set and development and storage life of sour (Flacourtia inermis Roxb.) and sweet (F cataphracta Roxb.) lovi-lovi types. There were two main seasons of shoot growth both for sweet as well as sour lovi-lovi trees. One season is from May to June and the other during August-September.