Weather data based descriptive models for prediction of coconut yield in different agro-climatic zones of India

Indian Journal of Horticulture

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-94

  Naresh Kumar, S ^a   Rajagopal, V ^a   Cherian, V K ^a   Siju Thomas, T ^a   Sreenivasulu, B ^a,b   Nagvekar, D D ^a,c   Hanumanthappa, M ^a,d   Bhaskaran, R ^a,e   Vijaya Kumar, K ^a   Ratheesh Narayanan, M K ^a   Amarnath, C H ^a  

^a ICAR CENTRAL PLANTATION CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Coconut Research Station ^*  (India)

^c Regional Coconut Research Station   (India)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (India)

^e NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Agro climatic zones; Coconut; Prediction models; Weather; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942154603     PISSN: 09728538     EISSN: 09740112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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