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Research
and Development
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Specific area
& where R & D is being carried out |
a) Soil Nutrient
Index.
b) Verietal trial of Coffee, Pepper and Cardamom.
c) Bio-Control Research.
d) Pests and Disease Control Research.
e) Coffee effluent Treatment.
f) Compost - Vermicompost Experiment.
g) Quality Analysis of Coffee & Pepper.
h) Analysis of Agro-inputs for quality standards.
i) Water management Research - Drip irrigation for coffee
.j) Crop Diversification - Vanilla.
k) Pepper Value addition. |
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Benefits Derived
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l. Crop
Nutrition Research :
a) Soil fertility status is monitored through soil and
leaf analysis, and the results are calibrated to formulate
optimum fertilizer recommendation and soil amendment application.
b) Our fertilizer program is rationalized based on soil
nutrients status, which is optimum and adequate, to enhance
crop production and productivity.
c) Micro-nutrient Research :-
Monitoring the availability of micro-nutrients such as
'Zinc, Copper, Iron, Manganese' and secondary nutrients
such as 'Sulphur, Calcium & Magnesium' to improve
coffee, pepper & Cardamom productivity.
II. Coffee varietal Trial Experiments
Identified location specific high yielding and disease
tolerant selection for planting in our estates.
III. Organic Manure:
Large scale manufacturing of compost with improved technology
to enhance the soil fertility status. Introduction of
Trichoderma fungus to hasten the process of composting
and as a control for soil bome disease. Addition of coffee
effluent to hasten the process of composting and to increase
the nutritive value.
IV. Bio-control Research :
a) Pepper Wilt Disease Control: R & D pioneered the
large scale culturing of good quality Trichoderma fungus
for use in the biological control of Pepper wilt disease
and Root disease of coffee.
b) Coffee Berry Bored Control : Large-scale installaion
of Berry Borer traps with the use of organic solvents
as part of integrated pest & disease management.
c) In-house formulated high quality Neem oil for integrated
pest & disease management.
V. Organic farming system of Coffee and Pepper:
Conversion & Pepper cultivation is in compliance with
Organic Farming Systems.
VI. Pepper Value Addition:
a) Developed improved methodology for Dehydrated Green
Pepper.
b) Conversion of low grade pepper into Oleoresin and Oil.
VII. Training programs and advisory circulars to estates
to update current / new trends in cultivation practices.
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Plan of action
in-house : |
I. Improved
crop varieties:
Field Assessment of high yielding and disease tolerant
selection of Coffee, Pepper and Cardamom.
II. Field evaluation of Breeding plants of Coffee:
Field evaluation of breeding plants of coffee for its
performance in the field regarding its yield potential
and disease resistance.
III. Crop Diversification :
To study the opportunities of various crop diversification
in the marginal coffee/paddy soil areas.
IV. Coffee Effluent Treatment Research :
Experiments are under way to determine economical pollution
control of coffee effluent.
V. Drip Irrigation :
To develop an economically viable technique of irrigation
for coffee and improve the efficiency of nutrient delivery
through fertigation.
VI. Mechanical Trough drier:
To preserve the quality of coffee during drying and to
reduce the drying time in barbecue.
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General |
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Collaboration with Research Institute:
a) Central Coffee Research Institute, Balehonnur.
b) Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut.
II. The R &D Laboratory is recognised by the
department of Scientific |
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