Correlation Studies in Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.)
| dc.contributor.author | Jayasree, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Laly John, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Prasannakumari Amma, S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-05T09:30:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-04-05T09:30:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Correlation studies were made between yield and growth characters in Forastero variety of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.). Individual plant data on 660 cocoa plants collected from a progeny trial of the Cadbury-KAU Co-operative Cocoa Research Project, Vellanikkara, for 12 years formed the basis for the study. Significant correlationswere obtained between the girth from the first to fifth year after planting and precocity, which in turn had significant correlation with total yield. Height from seedling to pruning stage had significant influence on yield as indicated by the correlations. It is emerged from the study that for exploiting the yield potential of cocoa, the plant should attain an optimum height in the initial stage, should maintain a minimum girth at different stages of growth and should have a minimum precocity. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The Cashew and Cocoa Journal 3(4) Oct-Dec 2011pp 23-27 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/267 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Correlation Studies in Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |