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Technology Adoption in Pepper (piper nigum) Farming at UPM Bintulu Campus for Seedlings and Support Poles

Introduction:

Pepper (Piper nigrum) is a woody climbing vine from Piperaceae family and known as the most important spice traded internationally (Yap, 2012; Chen et al., 2014). This climbing vine need supports/stackes to grow. There are two types of supports in pepper plantation, which are living and non-living support poles (Sivaraman et al., 1999). In Malaysia, specifically in Sarawak a non-living support (dead tree) from Belian (Eusideroxylon zwageri Teijsm) was commonly used as the support poles in pepper plantation. Due to  the shortage of wooden supports and growing demand for this spice, it is possible to design and manufacture an alternative supports. The main objective of this study was determine the effectiveness and economical approach in cultivating pepper from different type of pepper cuting preparation and support poles. The local fast growing tree species will be used at the support poles and named as T1, T2, T3 and an aditional wooden supports from belian (Eusideroxylon zwageri Teijsm) will be used as a control T4, another alternative support poles are made from firbe reinforced concrete (T5).

In this study, pepper cutting will be planted in polybeg and stored under plant stress method to improve the survival of plant in the field later. Pepper veins are cut into single, 3 and 5 nodes, and planted in polybeg. The traditional method in preparing pepper seedling (using seedlings bed) is also acrried aout to determine the significant diferrent growth rate of bowth method.

A success in this inventive pepper seedlings and support poles can be used for longer time period and able to cater the shortage of wooden (belian) support poles and seedlings for pepper cultivations in Malaysia. Perhaps, with this invention in preparing pepper cuttings and support poles, the production yield of pepper in Malaysia could be reached as targeted in future.

 

 

For more further enquiries:

Semsolbahri Bokhari
Senior Lecturer
Department of Forestry Science
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Forestry
Tel: +6086 855723
Email:semsul@upm.edu.my

 

 

Kemaskini:: 01/09/2020 [lanz]

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