Clove(Syzygium aromaticum L Merr.& Perry) mixed cropping in coconut garden
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2007-02-08
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The morphology and growth patterns of coconut palms provide opportunities to grow a wide range of crops in the interspaces for maximising productivity from a unit area of land per unit time. The crops will have to be selected carefully for a locality/region so that the farmer de-rives the maximum employment opportunities for family labour and high net returns. Clove being an important commercial crop which is suitable to high rainfall humid regions can be successfully cultivated under coconut plantations aged over 20 years with assured irrigation facility during summer months in the west coast of the country. Although, the yield potential of clove under coconut shade is slightly reduced, even then, a coconut small holder would gain more profits.
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clove, coconut, mixed cropping,
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Indian Coconut J. 1998 v-24 i-5 p-6-8