🥥 Coconut

Important points related to Cultivation

  • Cocos nuciferat
  • Also called tree of heaven, “Kalpvriksha”.
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • India’s rank 3rd in coconut production after Indonesia and Philippines.
  • Kerala share in coconut production is 42 % (Kerela > Karnataka > TN > A.P.) [2017-18]
  • Together these 4 states contribute 92.79 % of total coconut production.
  • Chowgghat green dwarf and Pratap are coconut varieties.
  • Coconut is propagated by seeds.
  • Inflorescence is known as spadix.
  • Coir obtained from coconut is mesocarp.

Disorder

Crown Chocking

  • Boron deficiency.
  • Leaves grow smaller in sizes and fail to unfurl. Overall gives choked appearance leading to the death of the palm.

Diseases

Cadang-Cadang

  • Caused by Viroid, Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd).
  • The name cadang-cadang comes from the word gadang-gadang that means dying in Bicol.

Insect

  • Rhinoceros Beetle: Oryctus rhinoceros

    • Fan like appearance of leaves.

  • Red palm weevil: Rhyncophorus ferrugineus

    • Gummosis (oozing of brown liquid) and Crown toppling.

  • Black headed caterpillar: Opisinia arenosella

    • Monophagus pest of coconut.

  • Coconut mite: Aceria guerreonis

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