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 162
... reduced . In most cocoa - growing areas growth will be reduced during the dry season , as in West Africa , or possibly by a fall in temperature , as in Brazil . The most extreme conditions are found in India where the active periods of ...
... reduced . In most cocoa - growing areas growth will be reduced during the dry season , as in West Africa , or possibly by a fall in temperature , as in Brazil . The most extreme conditions are found in India where the active periods of ...
Page 252
... reduced from 37.0 man - days to an average of 2.2 man - days per ha per annum . The use of herbicides and a reduction in number of pruning rounds have reduced the labour usage per ha per annum by 60 man - days . The total labour usage ...
... reduced from 37.0 man - days to an average of 2.2 man - days per ha per annum . The use of herbicides and a reduction in number of pruning rounds have reduced the labour usage per ha per annum by 60 man - days . The total labour usage ...
Page 292
... reduced the incidence of both vegetative brooms and infected pods , but some vegetative brooms still occurred and the number of cushion brooms was not reduced . There was no advantage in weekly as opposed to monthly applications ...
... reduced the incidence of both vegetative brooms and infected pods , but some vegetative brooms still occurred and the number of cushion brooms was not reduced . There was no advantage in weekly as opposed to monthly applications ...
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