A new technique for establishing coconut seed gardens
| dc.contributor.author | Liyanage, D.V. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hasman Azis | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-08T04:19:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-08T04:19:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1983 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Four coconut seed gardens, covering an area of 510 ha, have been developed at four locations in Indonesia. Two of them are situated amidst coconut plantations. A barrier, 12 coconut rows deep, planted with the Tall strains used within the gardens, reduced contamination. Dwarf x Tall seeds were produced with high degree of legitimacy and the rate of contamination was 2.6%. The high degree of legitimacy achieved is attributed to the mechanism of pollination of coconut flowers by the honey bee and its behaviour, the main agont for pollination, but not to its flight range. The ritual movements and the bodily jerks of the bee when it visits a female flower ensure that pollen grains and mites loaded with pollen, sticking to the bee, are not carried far from the sources of their origin. Wind pollination is negligible. The female and male parents are planted within the garden and seed is.produced by natural pollination, thereby eliminating assisted pollination. Two types of seed are produced: Dwarf x Tall and Tall x Tall. The Indonesian model of seed gardens reduces the cost of seed production due to a number of factors: location of the garden within the seed distribution area, rather than in isolation, reduces expenditure on transport of seed outwards and on supplies required for the maintenance of the garden inwards; elimination of expensive and tedious pollen processing and labour involved in assisted pollination; easier supervision and administration of the seed garden. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cocos(1983), 1: 1-6 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5438 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | A new technique for establishing coconut seed gardens | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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