CocoaThis text covers all aspects of cocoa production. Higher prices for cocoa have led to much new knowledge about the plant and changes to its methods of production. These are discussed, along with new problems that have occurred and the fresh research projects that have been needed. |
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... cent of the world's cocoa lies within this belt . The largest cocoa area beyond 8 ° is in the State of Bahia ... cent at night , falling to 70-80 per cent by day , sometimes lower during the dry season . The effect of humidity on cocoa ...
... cent of the world's cocoa lies within this belt . The largest cocoa area beyond 8 ° is in the State of Bahia ... cent at night , falling to 70-80 per cent by day , sometimes lower during the dry season . The effect of humidity on cocoa ...
Page 269
... cent and one result of 60.9 per cent was recorded ( Ward et al . 1981 ) . In the untreated control of a recent experiment in Brazil the mean incidence of infected pods was 30.8 per cent ( de Figueiredo and Lellis 1982 ) . The reported ...
... cent and one result of 60.9 per cent was recorded ( Ward et al . 1981 ) . In the untreated control of a recent experiment in Brazil the mean incidence of infected pods was 30.8 per cent ( de Figueiredo and Lellis 1982 ) . The reported ...
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... cent shell , while standard methods produced beans with 15.5 per cent shell . Where high shell percentages occur it might be thought worth- while to wash the beans . If it were possible to reduce shell content from say 17 per cent to ...
... cent shell , while standard methods produced beans with 15.5 per cent shell . Where high shell percentages occur it might be thought worth- while to wash the beans . If it were possible to reduce shell content from say 17 per cent to ...
Contents
Botany types and populations H Toxopeus | 11 |
Environment G A R Wood | 38 |
Planting material H Toxopeus | 80 |
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acid Agric Amazon Amelonado annum Anon application areas attack Bahia branches Brazil broom budding Bull Cameroon canker canopy capsids caused cent chupons clear-felling cocoa beans cocoa farms Cocoa Growers cocoa plants Cocoa Res cocoa swollen shoot Coconuts Colombia Conf Costa Rica Criollo crop cultivars damage dieback disease of cocoa dry season Ecuador effect Entwistle farmers fermentation fertiliser flavour forest fungicide fungus Ghana growth harvesting herbicides Itabuna Ivory Coast jorquette labour usage leaf losses Malaysia man-days mature cocoa mealybugs method mirids mistletoe Nigeria nursery nutrients old cocoa trees palmivora Papua New Guinea pathogen Peninsular Malaysia pesticides pests Phytophthora palmivora Phytophthora pod rot plantation Proc production pruning rainfall reduced rehabilitation removal replanting root Sabah seed seedlings shade trees soil SOURCE species spores spraying stem symptoms Table temperature Theobroma cacao tissue tonnes trials Trin Trinidad Turrialba vascular-streak dieback weed control West Africa wilt yield young cocoa