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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Page 77
... give some guidance as to the rocks underlying the site which in turn may suggest the type of soil that is likely to be found . Soil maps are less common . If , however , this information is not available it is not essential . The next ...
... give some guidance as to the rocks underlying the site which in turn may suggest the type of soil that is likely to be found . Soil maps are less common . If , however , this information is not available it is not essential . The next ...
Page 241
... give a total of 166.5 man - days per ha for the traditional farmer's method . It may be that this high figure is due to differences in the type of forest being cleared or alternatively to the lower productivity of labour in the ...
... give a total of 166.5 man - days per ha for the traditional farmer's method . It may be that this high figure is due to differences in the type of forest being cleared or alternatively to the lower productivity of labour in the ...
Page 371
... give good results . Where less volatile compounds are employed it will be generally found that for good results greater attention to spraying efficiency is necessary . Ideally , good spray coverage is attained by the use of machinery ...
... give good results . Where less volatile compounds are employed it will be generally found that for good results greater attention to spraying efficiency is necessary . Ideally , good spray coverage is attained by the use of machinery ...
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