Browsing by Author "Mohamed Kunhi Muliyar"

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    Response to Different Levels of NPK by Young Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera Linn.) of High Yielding Types
    (1971) Nelliat, E.V.; Mohamed Kunhi Muliyar
    The response to three levels of NPK by young palms of three high yielding types of coconut was studied. The three types of palms tried were natural cross dwarf, tall X dwarf hybrid and pre-potent tall. The fertilizer levels per adult palm per year were no fertilizer, 0.5 kg N + 0.25 kg P2O5 + 0.75 kg K2O and the double of the above level. Application of fertilizers resulted in highly significant increase in all the growth characters studied. The mean percentage increase in height over 'no fertilizer' ranged between 191 and 301 in December, 1967 and between 193 and 283 in December, 1968. Similar trends were observed in respect of girth at collar and number of leaves produced. Difference in response due to the higher level of fertilizer mixture over the lower level was not significant. It would be of interest to observe whether the absence of difference in response between the two levels of nutrients would persist till the flowering stage and would be reflected in the yield of nuts as well. The optimum level of fertilizer mixture was found to be near the higher level, viz.. 1.0 kg N + 0.5 kg P2O5 + 1.5 kg K2O per adult palm per year.
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    Response to Different Levels of NPK by Young Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera Linn.) of High Yielding Types
    (1971) Nelliat, E.V.; Mohamed Kunhi Muliyar
    The response to three levels of NPK by young palms of three high yielding types of coconut was studied. The three types of palms tried were natural cross dwarf, tall x dwarf hybrid and pre-potent tall. The fertilizer levels per adult palm per year were no fertilizer, 0.5 kg N + 0.25 kg P2Os + 0.75 kg KtO and the double of the above level. Application of fertilizers resulted in highly significant increase in all the growth characters studied. The mean percentage increase in height over no fertilizer ranged between 191 and 301 in December, 1967 and between 193 and 283 in December, 1968. Similar trends were observed in respect of girth at collar and number of leaves produced. Difference in response due to the higher level of fertilizer mixture over the lower level was not significant. It would be of interest to observe whether the absence of difference in response between the two levels of nutrients would persist till the flowering stage and would be reflected in the yield of nuts as well. The optimum level of fertilizer mixture was found to be near the higher level, viz., 1.0 kg N + 0.5 kg P2O5 + 1.5 kg K2O per adult palm per year.
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    Studies on the keeping quality of ripe coconuts in storage: 3. Effect of repeated paraffin wax coatings, shell thickness and of using shellac preparations on the driage of not water in fully husked coconuts.
    (2007) Mohamed Kunhi Muliyar; Krishna Marar, M.M.
    Trials were conducted to make a comparative study of the effect of two shellac preparations, viz., shellac "AL" and "DL" grades and paraffin on the storage life of husked nuts. Paraffin was found to be the best among the materials tried. Even after 300 days only 35 per cent of the nuts stored were found to get dried up. All control nuts dried up within the first 75 days of storage. The "AL" and ''DL" grades of lac were found to be only slightly better than the control. There was indication that the period of storage without driage could be increased by increasing the thickness of paraffin coating. Percentage loss in weight was less in the case of thick - shelled nuts.