Yield performance and nut and copra characters of eight germplasm introductions in coconut
| dc.contributor.author | Satyabalan, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vasudevan Pillai, R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-09T05:39:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-09T05:39:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1977-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The mean yield of nuts, yield attributes and nut and copra characters of 8 germplasm introductions in coconut, viz. San Ramon (Philippines) and Borneo* (South-East Asia), •Seychelles (Indian Ocean), Zanzibar and Kenya* (East Africa), British Solomon Islands and Guam (Pacific Islands) and Jamaica (West Indies) planted during 1955-56 was studied and compared with one another and with the local West Coast Tall, all grown under similar conditions. The yield attributes studied were spathe production, female flower production and setting percentage. For nut and copra characters, the weight of fruit, weight of husked nut and weight of components of husked nut (like water, kernel and shell and weight of copra) were studied. The varieties showed a wide range of variation in these characters. There was not much variation in the nut and copra characters of some varieties lite San Ramon, Seychelles and British Solomon Islands when compared with those in their habitats in spite of the different climatic and environmental conditions obtaining here. Zanzibar* and British Solomon Islands, besides the local West Coast Tall were better in the yield of nuts. San Ramon, Zanzibar, Guam and the local West Coast Tall* were better in copra outturn*. These tall varieties have been grouped into 4 forms on the basis of the percentage of husked nut in the fruit, and the percentage of water, kernel, shell and copra in the busked nut. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Indian J. agric. Sci. 47(9) :430-434, September 1977 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5510 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Yield performance and nut and copra characters of eight germplasm introductions in coconut | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |