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An Analysis of the Effect of Climate and Weather on Coconut (Cocos Nucifera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

T. S. G. Peiris ,
R. O. Thattil  and
R. Mahindapala
T. S. G. Peiris
Affiliation:
Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka
R. O. Thattil
Affiliation:
University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
R. Mahindapala
Affiliation:
Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy, 114/9, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
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Summary

Studies on the effect of climatic factors such as rainfall, relative humidity, temperature, sunshine hours, pan evaporation, evapotranspiration, solar radiation, vapour pressure and wind velocity on the button shedding, premature nut fall, and final nut yield of coconut, and crop-weather models developed to predict nut yield, are reviewed. The type of data and statistical analyses techniques used and the areas of research poorly addressed under the different topics are highlighted.

Efectos de las condiciones climáticas y el tiempo en el coco

Type
Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , October 1995 , pp. 451 - 460
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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