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Toward the periphery in one direction and relatively isolated is olive; in another direction, toward the periphery and relatively isolated, is coconut.
Each plot comprised 36 coconut palms (six rows of six) of which 16 central palms were useful (four rows of four).
Trials with nickel and silicate application showed that these minerals were taken up by the coconut palms, but neither vegetative growth nor yields were improved.
Optimization of mineral in a coconut plantation taking an experimental approach in situ.
In the present case, the coconut and young cacao tree yields were the same as in the monoculture.
A wide range of planting densities was tested for both coconut and cacao in order to ascertain the best coconut-cacao combination in agronomic terms.
Because the land constraint typically binds before a labor constraint, fishermen without land have few opportunities for employment on coconut or clove farms.
The goal is to get the chocolate as well as at least one of the banana or the coconut.
The production of different varieties of sugar cane, arecanuts and coconut increased in the country.
The sole cost incurred when burning coconut residues is for the labour of a team of specialized workers.
At four years, yields and numbers of -owered palms of monocultured coconut were signi®cantly lower than those found in the intercrops.
In tropical areas, coconut is used in many aspects of everyday life and thus is often referred to as the 'tree of life'.
The largest fraction of sugars by far found in the vegetative organs of coconut were soluble sugars.
The climate is tropical oceanic and favourable for the growth of coconut palm.
Starting from soil covered with ferns and coconut residues.
In order to achieve this, coconut palms were planted in the middle of a pineapple field.
We have also seen that the smoke repels leaf-eating caterpillars in coconut crowns, which is a further advantage of this cultural practice.
Comparative growth of young coconut palms in three trials, according to different preceding crops.
In particular, bees return to coconut inflorescences a few days after the waste burning operation.
The same number of traps (36), baited with coconut, was used at each locality.
The book has a useful selective bibliography of 66 references on coconut diversity, uses and genetic resources.
Four reports on testing the methods with coconut farmers follow.
One of the two treatments included a 1-m deep trench physically isolating the cacao trees from the coconut palms.
The coconut palm death rates remained acceptable, and much lower than seen in the previous case, even under limiting water supply conditions.
An original design with a trench to isolate coconut palms from cacao trees revealed severe competition for water during a long dry season.
As previously during the establishment phase of young monocultured coconut palms, competition caused by water stress doubtless increased in line with their planting density.
Strategies used in etiological research on coconut and oil palm diseases of unknown origin.
Here, individualistic forms of worship using customary ritualistic offerings of baskets of coconut, flowers, and camphor are not permitted.
Only one grain of palm pollen was discovered on the 72 sticky slides, and this probably drifted from a nearby coconut palm.
Traps were baited with lightly charred coconut kernel and placed on the ground at each trap station, at 10-m intervals.
Setting up coconut plantations on deep peat soils.
Uneven growth results in distortion and stunting of the coconut, leading to reductions in copra yield.
Strategies for the control of coconut mite involving both biological control and quarantine require knowledge of the ancestral localities and plant hosts of the mite.
The daily wage paid for the most menial of manual labor, that of the coconut picker in the villages, varies by a factor of two.
Sanitation (burning of coconut residues) consists of four rotations per year.
The consequent loss to the coconut industry can be considerable.
Seasonal and inter-annual dynamics of sugar reserves are likely to be different in tropical crops having continuous production such as coconut.
In intercropping experiments with young cacao trees and young coconut palms, delayed cacao tree development and reduced yields were observed.
Survival and growth of primordial follicles after in vitro culture of ovarian cortical slices in media containing coconut water.
Field trials were used to test in situ the effects of treatments applied to the coconut palms.
Twenty-one samples were taken close to the coast; these were predominantly taken in grassland, frequently with coconut palms present.
The cacao trees were considered as an added value designed to optimize land use between the coconut palms.
Contrary to the only slightly staggered plantings, the presence of coconut palms did not have any negative eects on cacao production.
While the coconut palms were developing, the intercropped cacao trees grew more slowly, resulting in late canopy formation.
Lowering the coconut planting density could reduce the competition pressure exerted by coconut on intercropped cacao trees.
Substantial chapters of more than 45 pages cover cocoa, cashew, coconut palm, rubber, and oil palm.
Examples are the seeds of economically important tropical species, such as cacao, coconut, rubber, avocado and mango.
Effects of application of coconut husk and coir dust on the yield of coconut.
Consequently, we have yet to find any major drawback with this practice of burning coconut waste in the interrows, provided the previously defined rules are respected.
Very often this interest is linked to the fact that the coconut crop, although widespread and, moreover, traditional in this part of the world, is declining.
Only detailed studies on the histological location, as well as on the diurnal and seasonal dynamics, of the sugar reserves in coconut can tell us how transitional these pools are.
In the second case, the soil was clean weeded, an insecticide was sprayed at various frequencies on the soil surface, and coconut residues were burnt in place.
In the intercrops, the small age dierence between the intercropped plants may have been to blame for the pressure exerted on the coconut palms by the cacao trees.
A healthy coconut palm (var. typica) yields about 200-220 l of fresh toddy per annum.
Evaluation of coconut cultivars and hybrids for dry matter production.
All intercropped coconut planting densities were lower than in the monoculture and, in addition to their own fertilizer applications, intercropped coconut palms bene®ted from fertilizer applied to the cacao.
The aim was to determine the best cacao tree layout under adult hybrid coconut palms with a high production potential planted at standard density (160 palms ha71).
Evaluation of saline and coconut water solutions in the preservation of sheep preantral follicles in situ.
Preliminary observations on interplanting coconut with cacao.
The world includes the following entities: a monkey, a banana hanging from the ceiling, a coconut on the floor, and a chocolate bar inside a closed drawer.
We conclude that coconut is part of a biologically very heterogeneous group of plants that accumulate reserves mainly as sucrose, and only small quantities of starch, as a transient pool.
While coconut and oil palms are not mobile and are seed propagated, the plants producing ornamental flowers are transported as rhizomes with ease and relative freedom, despite existing agricultural regulations.
On coconut palms entering their ®fth year and faced with a limiting water supply, the average number of green fronds recorded revealed better resistance in the intercropped palms.
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