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Item Bombay Locust-A pest from the Laccadives(2007-02-08) Sethumadhava Menon, K.Item Check these pests of cacao(2007-02-08) Chandy Kurian; Natarajan, P.; Sethumadhava Menon, K.Item Effect of intercropping with tuber crops in root (wilt) affected coconut garden(2007-02-08) Sethumadhava Menon, K.; Ramakrishnan Nayar, T.V.The effect of intercropping with tubers like tapioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz), elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus companulatus Blume) and yam (Dioscorea alata Linn.) on the yield and disease intensity of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera Linn.) in root (wilt) disease prevelent area was studied for three years from 1975. Yield of coconut showed an improvement in the plot intercropped with elephant foot yam, followed by .yam to a lesser extent. In the plots with tapioca as intercrop and control, the intensity of root (wilt) disease was on the increase whereas in the plots intercropped with yam and elephant foot yam a slight decline in severity of the disease was observed. Yield of tuber was highest in the case of tapioca. Growing all the three intercrops was found profitable The cost benefit analysis showed that coconut+tapioca combination gave the highest net return per rupee invested.Item Effect of mixed cropping with cacao in coconut root (wilt) affected garden(1982) Kamalakshi Amma, P.G.; Sethumadhava Menon, K.; Patil, P.B.; Sadanandan, A.K.Mixed cropping of cacao increased the soil fertility. There was no further deterioration of re the disease condition of the in palms. Increase in yield of palms was 30%. Net income was maximum when double hedge system id of planting cacao was adopted.Item Effect of mixed cropping with cacao in coconut root (wilt) affected garden(2007-02-08) Kamalakshi Amma, P.G.; Sethumadhava Menon, K.; Patil, P.B.; Sadanandan, A.K.Mixed cropping of cacao increased the soil fertility. There jy was no further deterioration of re the disease condition of the in palms. Increase in yield of palms ie was 30%. Net income was maxi-to mum when double hedge system id of planting cacao was adopted.Item Processing and fermentation of coconut toddy(1978) Potty, V.P.; Joseph, K.V.; Sethumadhava Menon, K.; Jayasankar, N.P.Item Rat Control In Androth(1972) Sethumadhava Menon, K.Item Soils of Laccadive Islands(1971) Sethumadhava Menon, K.Item Varietal Resistance Studies(2007) Sethumadhava Menon, K.; Sukumaran, A.S.; Thommen, K.J.