Nambiar, M.C.Jacob MathewKamalakaran, A.K.2014-08-022014-08-021970Indian J.Genet.PI.Breed. 1970 v-30 p-557-564http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4499The bearing tendency of coconut palms and associated yield components was examined, for 48 palms, comprising tall regular bearers, tall irregular „ bearers, dwarf green and dwarf orange types, for a period of three years, for fixing the criteria for selection of genotypes that give higher and stable yield. The instability in production was found to be due to seasonal differences within each year. The differences over years were not significant. Number of spikes with one female flower and total number of spikes contribute to greater . stability of production than other characters studied.enArticle