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P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar

Plant Sciences

P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar (1924 to 1996) was an Indian agricultural scientist credited with developing the first hybrid variety of black pepper in the world, Panniyur-1. As head of the Pepper Research Station, Panniyur in Kerala, he developed and released Panniyur-1 for commercial cultivation in 1971.

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Birth Year
1924 1
Death Year
1996 1
Nationality
Indian 1
Defining Contribution
Developed Panniyur-1, the first hybrid variety of black pepper in the world 1
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Plant Breeding, Disciplines
Source P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar - Wikipedia
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India

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Source P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar (1924–1996) was an Indian agricultural scientist credited with the development of the first hybrid variety of black pepper in the world, Panniyur-1.
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1. P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar - Wikipedia
  • Wikidata, P569 date of birth
    1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Wikidata, P570 date of death
    1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Lead, sentence 1
    was an Indian agricultural scientist
  • Panniyur-1
    developed and released Panniyur-1 for commercial cultivation in 1971
  • Works In: Plant Breeding, Lead
    Venugopalan Nambiar (1924-1996) was an Indian agricultural scientist credited with the development of the first hybrid variety of black pepper in the world, Panniyur-1.
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Wikidata: P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar
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