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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... needed in the first place . The properties required of an ideal shade tree have been described as follows ( Freeman 1964 ) : It will be easy to establish and provide a good shade throughout the dry season yet not compete excessively ...
... needed in the first place . The properties required of an ideal shade tree have been described as follows ( Freeman 1964 ) : It will be easy to establish and provide a good shade throughout the dry season yet not compete excessively ...
Page 180
... needed . Variability of yields is often a problem , especially when trials are conducted in small- holder's cocoa fields , which often consist of randomly planted trees of different ages . The consequences of this variability in yield ...
... needed . Variability of yields is often a problem , especially when trials are conducted in small- holder's cocoa fields , which often consist of randomly planted trees of different ages . The consequences of this variability in yield ...
Page 260
... needed but after that herbicides ( paraquat and glyphosate ) could probably be used successfully . Unfortunately , in 1982 there were no herbicides in the country and so the figures in Table 10.17 assume that hand - weeding will be ...
... needed but after that herbicides ( paraquat and glyphosate ) could probably be used successfully . Unfortunately , in 1982 there were no herbicides in the country and so the figures in Table 10.17 assume that hand - weeding will be ...
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