An innovative tapping system, the double cut alternative, to improve the yield of Hevea brasiliensis in Thai rubber plantations

Field Crops Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 416-422

  Chantuma, P ^a   Lacote, R ^b   Leconte, A ^c   Gohet, E ^b  

^a RRIT DOA   (Thailand)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Double cut alternate; Hevea brasiliensis; Inorganic phosphorus; Latex harvest technology; Sucrose; Tapping panel dryness; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; ETHYLENE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION; REGENERATION; RESEARCH WORK; SUCROSE; SUSTAINABILITY;

THAILAND;

HEVEA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HEVEA LATEX;

EID: 79952697542     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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