Management of Coconut Root (Wilt) Disease
| dc.contributor.author | Rethinam, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Antony, K.J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muralidharan, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-03T06:58:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-07-03T06:58:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Coconut root (wilt) disease responds well to the management practices if the disease is in the early to middle stages. In the absence of a definite chemical control measure, a two-pronged approach was made namely to live with the disease in the heavily infested areas of southern Kerala and contain the disease in the mildly affected areas of northern Kerala and border districts of Tamil Nadu adjoining Kerala. Integrated management increased nut yield from 28 to 51 nuts/palm/year within three years in mildly affected area and 23.4 nuts/palm/ycar on an average in disease affected area. Irrigation coupled with fertilizer application, plant protection measures and mixed cropping increased the yield of disease affected coconut garden from 17.6 to 46.0 nuts/palm/year. In the mildly infected areas, the removal of disease affected palms irrespective of yield, continuous monitoring and removal helped to maintain almost disease free condition. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | In : Advances in Coconut Research and Development 1993 (Eds.)MK Nair, HH Khan; P Gopalasundaram ; EVV Bhaskara Rao, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. New Delhi, 759 p(International symposium on Coconut Research and Development (ISOCRAD*II), 26-29 November 1991, CPCRI, Kasaragod) p.575-584 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3629 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Management of Coconut Root (Wilt) Disease | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |