Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Arpitha HS, Hegde NK, Hiremath JS, Kulkarni S, Prashantha A, Gurumurthy SB and Shiragur MV

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted over two consecutive years (2020-21 and 2021-22) at a farmer's field located in Siddapur tq Uttara Kannada, which is situated in the hill zone of Karnataka, to assess the performance of black pepper varieties Sigandini and Panniyur-1 in terms of yield and quality. The results revealed that Sigandini outperformed Panniyur-1. Sigandini produced significantly higher number of laterals per m^-2 (28.86) and number of spikes per m² (86.39) which resulted in significantly higher yield per vine (3.92 kg) and dry recovery (36.75%) compared to Panniyur-1. In contrast, Panniyur-1 had significantly higher essential oil content (2.55%), while Sigandini had significantly higher oleoresin (7.24%), piperine (5.04%) content with higher bulk density (578.36 g/l). Further, Sigandini exhibited significantly lower incidence of foot rot (8.34%) and slow wilt (8.75%) compared to Panniyur-1. The study indicated that, Sigandini is an alternative variety of black pepper for areca based mixed cropping under hill zone of Karnataka.