Open AccessFLOWERING AND YIELD CHARACTERISTICS OF MACAPUNO-BEARING DWARF X TALL COCONUT HYBRIDS
Author(s) -
Tessie Nuñez,
Vizoso Paz
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
cord. coconut research and development/cord
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2721-8856
pISSN - 0215-1162
DOI - 10.37833/cord.v11i02.295
Subject(s) - hybrid , yield (engineering) , sowing , biology , horticulture , pollination , mathematics , agronomy , botany , physics , pollen , thermodynamics
Three macapuno-bearing dwarf x tall coconut hybrid trees were observed to exhibit some characteristics influenced by the dwarf female parents. Flowering started as early as 39 to 57 months after planting. Intraspadix overlapping of 43 to 100% was also recorded suggesting moderate to high degree of self pollination.
Macapuno yield ranged from 0-50% per bunch. The nuts resemble the female parents in form but were generally heavier. They were all classified as type l macapuno.
Binomial test showed goodness of fit to 3:1 ratio of normal to macapuno nuts.