Abstract
Black pepper is basically a rainfed crop in India. Drought is the chief abiotic stress causing up to 50-80% crop loss in black pepper. Lack of precise screening methodology to develop moisture stress tolerant lines is a limiting factor in black pepper productivity. To develop a rapid screening methodology, a laboratory experiment was conducted with rooted black pepper cuttings under hydroponic culture. The experiment was designed in a completely randomized with four replications. Moisture stress was imposed with six different concentrations of Polyethylene glycol-6000 (5, 8, 10, 12, 15 and 20 per cent) along with control in black pepper cv. Panniyur-1, IISR-Thevam, IISR-Sreekara and IISR-Girimunda. The results showed that Panniyur-1, IISR-Thevam, IISR-Sreekara and IISR-Girimunda at the PEG-6000 concentrations of 8%, 10%, 10%, 10% respectively reduced per cent cuttings survival almost by 50% Lethal dose (LD50) after 10 days of PEG stress and also, a significant increase in proline was recorded up to 10% PEG-6000. Hence, 10% PEG-6000 appears to be an ideal concentration for screening black pepper genotypes for moisture stress tolerance.
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