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 157
... stem system ( Armstrong 1976 , Wyrley - Birch 1977 ) but in a trial in Peninsular Malaysia multi- stemmed trees gave higher yields than a single stem ( Lee 1976 ) . However the treatments in the latter trial were imposed on seedlings ...
... stem system ( Armstrong 1976 , Wyrley - Birch 1977 ) but in a trial in Peninsular Malaysia multi- stemmed trees gave higher yields than a single stem ( Lee 1976 ) . However the treatments in the latter trial were imposed on seedlings ...
Page 224
... stems are healthy : chupons and all but the most vigorous and healthy stem should be cut back as close to the main stem as possible ; • Multi - stemmed trees in which all the stems have degenerated : all the stems should be cut off to ...
... stems are healthy : chupons and all but the most vigorous and healthy stem should be cut back as close to the main stem as possible ; • Multi - stemmed trees in which all the stems have degenerated : all the stems should be cut off to ...
Page 271
... stem will be girdled by the infection and will die above the lesion ( Briton - Jones 1934 ) . Leaf infections ... stem tissues a dark patch appears , leaves first turn yellow , then brown and finally fall . Young leaves and young stem ...
... stem will be girdled by the infection and will die above the lesion ( Briton - Jones 1934 ) . Leaf infections ... stem tissues a dark patch appears , leaves first turn yellow , then brown and finally fall . Young leaves and young stem ...
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