Abstract:
A study was conducted at the College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara to standardise
the most suitable season for foliar diagnosis in pepper. The first mature
leaf of fruit bearing laterals of Panntyoor 1 pepper vines grown under the NPK
fertilizer trial at the Pepper Research Station Panniyoor, Taliparamba. Cannanore
district was made use of. The period just before flushing appeared to be the most
suitable for the collection of samples intended for foliar diagnosis of nitrogen,
phosphorus and potassium.