Fruit set, fruit development and fruit drop in nutmeg (Myristica Fragrans Houtt.)
| dc.contributor.author | Nazeem, P A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sivaraman Nair, P C | |
| dc.contributor.author | KAU | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-30T07:15:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-30T07:15:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1981 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Studies on fruit set, development and fruit drop in nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) conducted in Kerala, India have indicated that the fruit set 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 total flower production. Therefore, the best method to increase fruit production is to increase the set and to lower the fruit drop. Hand pollination increased the set by about 2.5 times as compared to the natural set. The fruits showed a sigmoid growth pattern and took seven to eight months to attain maturity Maximum drop period synchronised with the peak development period of sixth to sixteenth week after set, indicating nutritional imbalance as one of the major factors influencing fruit drop | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Agricultural Research Journal of Kerala, 19(1), 10-14. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810117745 | |
| dc.keywords | Nutmeg, Fruit drop-nutmeg, Nutmeg-fruit development, Nutmeg studies, Jathikka | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 8 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kerala Agricultural University | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.title | Fruit set, fruit development and fruit drop in nutmeg (Myristica Fragrans Houtt.) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.volume | 19(1) | en_US |