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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... growing countries . Similarly , sunshine hours show little monthly variation and in total are gener- ally higher . Cocoa is also being grown in India where the seasons are more pronounced than in other cocoa - growing countries . The ...
... growing countries . Similarly , sunshine hours show little monthly variation and in total are gener- ally higher . Cocoa is also being grown in India where the seasons are more pronounced than in other cocoa - growing countries . The ...
Page 55
... growing at low humidity ( 50-60 per cent ) having larger leaves and greater leaf area than plants growing at medium ( 70-80 per cent ) and high ( 90-95 per cent ) humidities ; under the latter conditions leaves are small and tend to be ...
... growing at low humidity ( 50-60 per cent ) having larger leaves and greater leaf area than plants growing at medium ( 70-80 per cent ) and high ( 90-95 per cent ) humidities ; under the latter conditions leaves are small and tend to be ...
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... growing areas in the coastal provinces of Ecuador ( average of 4 years data ) Zone and ( Province ) Estimated Yield Witches ' broom ( number age in 1971 ( kg per ha ) ( years ) per tree per annum ) Diseased pods ( % per Vegetative ...
... growing areas in the coastal provinces of Ecuador ( average of 4 years data ) Zone and ( Province ) Estimated Yield Witches ' broom ( number age in 1971 ( kg per ha ) ( years ) per tree per annum ) Diseased pods ( % per Vegetative ...
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