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Title:Fruit set, fruit development and fruit drop in nutmeg (Myristica Fragrans Houtt.)
Authors:Nazeem, P ASivaraman Nair, P C
Keywords:Nutmegfruit drop-nutmegnutmeg-fruit developmentnutmeg studiesjathikka
Issue Date:1981
Publisher:Kerala Agricultural University
Citation:Agricultural Research Journal of Kerala, 19(1), 10-14.
Abstract:Studies on fruit set, development and fruit drop in nutmeg (Myristicafragrans Houtt.) conducted in Kerala, India have indicated that the fruitset was only 33.7 per cent while the post-set fruit drop was 74.4 per cent.The ultimate harvested yield accounted to only about 8.2 percent of the totalflower production. Therefore, the best method to increase fruit production isto increase the set and to lower the fruit drop. Hand pollination increasedthe set by about 2.5 times as compared to the natural set. The fruits showeda sigmoid growth pattern and took seven to eight months to attain maturityMaximum drop period synchronised with the peak development period of sixthto sixteenth week after set, indicating nutritional imbalance as one of the majorfactors influencing fruit drop
URI:http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4284
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