N, P and K requirement of black pepper

Abstract

An experiment, to identify the optimum levels of N, P and K for black pepper was conducted at the Pepper Research Station, Panniyur, Kerala in 33 factorial design completely confounding NPaK2. Analysis of the data collected for eight seasons showed that the economically optimum level of nutrients was 50, 100 and 150g of N, P205 and K20 respectively per vine per annum.