Modelling cacao pod growth: Implications for disease control

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-272

  Ten Hoopen, G Martijn ^a,b   Deberdt, P ^a,b,c   Mbenoun, M ^b   Cilas, C ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

Author keywords

Beta growth; Gompertz; Logistic; pod; Richards; sigmoid; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUITING; GROWTH MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84859773378     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2012.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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