24 December 2024
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മലയാളം
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Agriculture > Fruit
Crops > Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
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Crop
Management
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Production of quality
planting materials
Suckers/Slips/Crown:
Pineapple is very easy to propagate vegetatively. Suckers arising in the axil
of the leaves on the main stem form roots and can be used for propagation.
Even the crown of leaves above the fruit and parts of the stem itself can be used.
Another method of propagation is by slips, which are the suckers, arising immediately
below the fruit. Suckers and slips should be preferred for planting as they
come to bearing earlier than the crown and produce larger fruits. Plants from
crown bear flowers after 3 to 20 months later than suckers and slips depending on
the climatic conditions. Therefore, crowns are not normally used. Suckers
should be planted within 2 weeks after removing from the mother plant. The
planting material should be selected from healthy disease free plant.
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