Among the green vegetables cultivated in Kerala, cowpea (Vigna ungulculata L.) occupies about 70 per cent of the total area. At present cowpea cultivation in the state is showing a declining trend due to the low productivity ...

Geneticstudies were undertaken with 202 varieties of cowpea (Vigna ungulculata L.) maintained in the germplasm collection of the Division of Agricultural Botany, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara. The studies conducted ...

A split-plot experiment was conducted at the College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara during 1982-83 with a view to standardise the propagation method, planting time and harvesting time in Kaempferia galanga L. The treatments ...

An investigation on 'Utilization of Salvinia molesta(African Payal) for bio-gas production' was conducted in the Agricultural Engineering Department, College of Horticulture , Kerala Agricultural University, with the ...

Laborartory and field experiments of the " study on the etiology and ecology of fungal pollution' was found to be Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes. The initial symptom of the disease observed on leaves tender shoots and berries ...

Experiments were laid out under semi-field conditions to study the effect of combined application of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide at different concentrations to soil in the ratio of 3:1. The absorption of calcium , ...

A study has been made of the forest soils of the Nilambur Division, Kerala State, to determine the extent to which the morphological, physical and chemical characteristics of the soils are affected by deforestation followed ...

The study entitled ‘Endophytic association of entomopathogenic fungi with rice and cowpea’ was carried out in the Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, during the ...