BLACK PEPPER is an important spice crop in India, which is a major producer, consumer and exporter of black pepper in the world. Black pepper is known as Kurumulaku in Malayalam, Karumilagu in Tamil, Though the crop is traditionally harvested from vines grown on support trees, researchers at the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Calicut, Kerala have demonstrated the production of green pepper from bushes (bush pepper) grown in pots and in the fields. Suitable varieties The plant starts flowering during the same year of planting. Several varieties such as Karimunda, Panniyur-1, Kuthiravally, Kalluvally, Aimpirian, and Kuttanad can be grown by this method, One-year-old healthy laterals (fruit-bearing branches), with 2-3 leaves from high yielding vines are used for raising bush pepper. All the leaves except the flag leaf are removed and the lateral is dipped in 0.2 percent copper oxychloride solution for 20-30 minutes, according to them. Rooting ho...