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    Pollination studies in pineapple varieties
    (Kerala Agricultural University, 1976) Gopimony, R; Balakrishnan, S; Kannan, K; Gopalakrishnan, R
    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 time interval between various stages of flower development was studied and found to be much shorter than those observed under Hawaii conditions. The results from the pollination trialshave shown that hand pollination in 'K.ew' variety of pineapple using pollen from three other compatible varieties can be successfully done at any time between 4.15 and 10.45 am.
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    Comparative study of certain fruit qualities of twenty pineapple varieties
    (Kerala Agricultural University, 1978) Gopimony, R; Balakrishnan, S; Marykutty, K C
    A study was undertaken to evaluate the fruit quality of twenty pineapple varieties during the fruiting season of 1975-76 at the Pineapple Research Centre, Vellanikkara, Trichur. In fruit weight, Kew was found to be far superior to all other varieties except Smooth Cayenne. But in certain other dessert qualities like colour and texture of flesh, flavour, sweetness and T. S. S. varieties like Mauritius, McGregor, Ripley Queen, Queen and Valerabalanga were found to be superior to Kew. The variety Valerabanga was found to show a superior sugar-acid blend as compared to Kew. This suggests its use as a parent material in breeding works for further improvement of Kew.