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 189
... reported the effective- ness of monthly Solubor sprays in curing the deficiency . The sprays increased the B content of leaves from 10 to 30-50 ppm and reduced leaf symptoms . They also increased pollen germination , growth of the ...
... reported the effective- ness of monthly Solubor sprays in curing the deficiency . The sprays increased the B content of leaves from 10 to 30-50 ppm and reduced leaf symptoms . They also increased pollen germination , growth of the ...
Page 277
... reported as resistant to P. palmivora in various parts of the world . A very wide variety of methods have been used in the screening tests quoted by them and all these tests were carried out before it was known that several species of ...
... reported as resistant to P. palmivora in various parts of the world . A very wide variety of methods have been used in the screening tests quoted by them and all these tests were carried out before it was known that several species of ...
Page 294
... reported at times in some isolated valleys in the Peruvian Andes , but not in Brazil ( Evans 1981 ) . The disease was reported in 1956 in the Darien Province of Panama close to the Colombian border , and more recently in the Cahiuta ...
... reported at times in some isolated valleys in the Peruvian Andes , but not in Brazil ( Evans 1981 ) . The disease was reported in 1956 in the Darien Province of Panama close to the Colombian border , and more recently in the Cahiuta ...
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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