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    Crop weather relationship studies in bitter gourd
    (Department of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 1996) Lincy Davis, P; Balakrishna Pillai, P
    An experiment was conducted during 1995 – 96 at the College of Horticulture, Vellenikkara to find out the optimum date of sowing and to study the crop – weather relationship in bitter gourd, variety mc –84. The experiment was laid out in randomised black design with 3 replications. The treatments consisted of twelve dates of sowing starting from April 15th, 1995 and ending in March, 15th, 1996. For each and every treatment one control plot was maintained. The biometric observations of the crop growth characters, flowering and yield attributes were taken at different stages of development of the crop. The observations on the incidence of pests and diseases were recorded from the control plots. The observations on weather elements were recorded daily. October sowing was significantly superior to others with regard to number of female flower production, number of fruits, fruit set, fruit length girth, weight and yield. The crop weather relationship studies showed that the temperature range during 45 to 65 DAS and sunshine hours during 40-60 DAS were positively correlated with both total yield and number of female flowers per plant while minimum temperature during 45-60 DAS and mean relative humidity during 45-70 DAS were negatively correlated with both total yield and number of female flowers per plant. Crop sown during September, October and November were free from the attack of Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coq.). While Eudioptes indica (Saund.) occurred throughout the year. Mosaic disease incidence was severe in crops sown during June. But September sown crop was free from diseases.
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    Influence of weather parameters on yield of coconut
    (Department of Statistics, College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 1985) Pankajakshan Nair, B; Gopinathan Unnithan, V K
    Influence of eighteen climatic factors for a period ranging from 10-45 months before harvest of coconut, were studied on monthly and annual coconut yield. Monthly climatic factors showed a seasonal relationship with monthly yield changing sign alternatively. Month-wise and season-wise climate and their influence on monthly and annual yield was also studied. The influence of climatic factors were more in evidence during pre and post monsoon seasons. RH, SSH and EV are frequently showed significant relationship with monthly yield than the rest. Seasonal grouping of climate showed stronger relationship on annual yield than month-wise climate. May, September, October and December months of yester years showed explicit association with annual yield.