Irrigation management on yield stabilization and annual productivity of coconut

Abstract

The impact of irrigation water management, with the treatments linked to climatic parameters, in coconut on inter-harvest yield variation and annual productivity was studied in a five-year field experiment.Yields got stabilized with adequate irrigation showing minimum fluctuation among harvests during different periods of the year.The data on per cent contribution of individual harvests, standard deviation, yield range between harvests and coefficient of variation clearly supported this argument. Based on yield trends and irrigation water consumption, irrigation at 50 mm CPE with 50 mm water was suggested as the best schedule for irrigating coconut during dry spell.