Nursery Studies on West Coast Tall Coconut to Select Seedlings for Early Transplanting
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2007-02
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Possibility of selecting West Coast Tall coconut seedlings at the fifth month itself in the nursery has been indicated based on the high and positive correlation of growth characters like collar girth and leaf production from the fifth month after germination with those of the later months. Studies on the rate of growth of seedlings in respect of collar girth and leaf production indicated that the growth rate which was high in the beginning decreased slowly till the sixth month and thereafter increased gradually. This could be attributed to the utilisation of endosperm by the seedling till the sixth month and thereafter a gradual change over to full dependence on photosynthesis. Selection of seedlings at early stage in the nursery reduce the setback in growth immediately after transplantation.
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J.Plantn.Crops 1984 v-12 i-2 p-112-118