TENTATIVE TECHNICAL PROGRAMME OF ON FARM

RESEARCH ON COCONUT,KAVITI KOTTURU, KAVITI

MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT.
2005 – 2006

REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION,

ANAKAPALLE – 531 001.
 LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

1.Moisture Conservation in Coconut Gardens

2.Integrated Nutrient Management in Coconut
3.Management of redpalm weevil in coconut
4.Management of coconut Eriophyid mite
5.Management of basal stem rot disease in coconut
6.Evaluation of intercrops in coconut under rainfed
conditions
Name of the Project :Moisture Conservation in Coconut Gardens

Project leader and his : 1.

Associates Dr.S.eswara reddy
Principal Scientist,

Objective :1. To conserve soil moisture in tree basins

through mulching.
2. To evaluate efficacy of various mulches.
Techniques to be adopted :

Treatments :

T1 : Mulching tree basins with coir dust @ 5Kg / palm

T2 : Mulching tree basins with paddy husk @ 5Kg / palm
T3 : Mulching tree basins with coconut husk
T4 : Mulching tree basins with coconut leaves or sugarcane trash
T5 : Control (No mulching)
Design : Observational
Replications : 3
Experimental Size : 1 acre
Plot Size : 4 trees / treatment
Data to be collected :

No. of leaves, spadices / palm /year

No. of bunches / year / palm

No. of nuts / palm / year

Nut size and copra content / nut.

Name of the Project :Integrated Nutrient Management in Coconut

Project leader : 1. Dr.S.eswara reddy

Principal Scientist

Objective :To determine the effect of various integrated

nutrient management treatments on growth,
yield and quality of coconut.
Techniques to be adopted :

Treatments :
T1 : Application of FYM@10 kg/palm/year
T2 : Application of neem cake @5 kg/palm/year
T3 : Application of coir compost @ 25kg/palm/year
T4 : Application of vermicompost @10kg/palm/year
T5 : Insitu green Manuring @ 5 kg/palm/year
T6: Control (Recommended dose of NPK)
Design : Observational
Replications : 4
Experimental Size : 1.5 acre
Plot Size : 4 trees / treatment
Data to be collected :

No. of leaves, spadices / palm /year

No. of bunches / year / palm

No. of nuts / palm / year

Nut size and copra content / nut

Mite incidence / Ganoderma / Bud rot

Name of the Project : Management of redpalm weevil in coconut

Project leaders. Dr.S.eswara reddy

Principal Scientist

Objective :To evaluate various management methods

for the management of redpalm weevil in

coconut.
Techniques to be adopted :

Treatments :
T1 : Application of monocrotophos (10ml +10 ml water) through root
feeding
T2 : Use of pheromone traps
T3 : Control
Design : Observational
Replications : 6
Experimental Size : 1/2 acre
Plot Size : 1 tree / treatment
Data to be collected :

Estimation of larval population in the stem

bores prior to and after treatment

Population of periodical catches of adult

beetles in pheromone traps
Name of the Project : Management of coconut Eriophyid mite

Project leader and his : 1. S.ESWARA REDDY

Objective :To determine the efficacy of various
chemicals on the incidence of Eriophyid mite
in cocount.
Techniques to be adopted :

Treatments :

T1 : Spraying of wettable sulphur 80% wp @ 6g/L of water at

quarterly intervals
T2 : Root feeding of Monocrotophos @ 10 ml+10ml water
T3 : Spraying 2% Garlic + Neem 2%
T4 : Control
Design : Observational
Replications : 3
Experimental Size : 1/2 acre
Plot Size : 4 trees / treatment
Data to be collected :

No. of buttons dropped/palm/month

Total No. of nuts on the palm

Infested nuts / palm

Name of the Project : Management of basal stem rot disease in
coconut

Project leader and his : 1 S.ESWARA REDDY

Objective : Management package to basal stem rot
disease in coconut
Techniques to be adopted :
Treatments :

T1 : Talc formulation of Trichoderma viride 50g+5kg neem cake /

palm / year in basins
T2 : Soil drenching with 1% Bordeaux mixture @ 40 L/Palm
T3 : Root feeding with calixin 6ml in 25 ml water
T4 : Untreated control
Design : Observational
Replications : 4 (2 palms/replication)
Experimental Size : 0.3 acre
Plot Size :
Data to be collected : Vertical spread of lesions on the
trunk will be recorded at monthly
intervals
Name of the Project : Evaluation of intercrops in coconut under
rainfed conditions

Project leader and his : 1. S.ESWARA REDDY

associates 2. Sri S. Madhu Mohan, Research Associate

Objective :To evaluate different inter crops under

rainfed conditions.
Techniques to be adopted

S.No Crops Spacing

1. Tapioca 90 X 90 cm
2. Coccinia 2 X 1.5 m
3. Bottle gourd 3 X 0.9 m
4. Ridge gourd 2.5 X 0.9m
5. Pineapple 60 X 45 cm
6. Long Pepper 60 X 60 cm

Design : Observational
Data to be collected :

Yield of intercrops

Yield of coconut

Economics of the crop

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