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    The document discusses selecting mother palms, seed nuts, and seedlings for establishing coconut plantations. Mother palms should have a stout trunk with closely spaced leaf scars, a spherical crown with at least 30 open leaves, and produce thick meated, heavy husked nuts. Seed nuts selected should be of uniform size, heavy husked, typical of the variety, with a sloshing sound when shaken and no cracks or damage. Seedlings chosen must be healthy, robust, and free from pests and diseases, with split leaflets on their youngest leaves.

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    The document discusses selecting mother palms, seed nuts, and seedlings for establishing coconut plantations. Mother palms should have a stout trunk with closely spaced leaf scars, a spherical crown with at least 30 open leaves, and produce thick meated, heavy husked nuts. Seed nuts selected should be of uniform size, heavy husked, typical of the variety, with a sloshing sound when shaken and no cracks or damage. Seedlings chosen must be healthy, robust, and free from pests and diseases, with split leaflets on their youngest leaves.

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    The document discusses selecting mother palms, seed nuts, and seedlings for establishing coconut plantations. Mother palms should have a stout trunk with closely spaced leaf scars, a spherical crown with at least 30 open leaves, and produce thick meated, heavy husked nuts. Seed nuts selected should be of uniform size, heavy husked, typical of the variety, with a sloshing sound when shaken and no cracks or damage. Seedlings chosen must be healthy, robust, and free from pests and diseases, with split leaflets on their youngest leaves.

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    Plantation Block Selection

    Mother Palm Selection

    Selection in
    Coconut

    Seednut Selection

    Seedling Selection
    Properly managed Yield > up to 80
    in a given locality nuts/palm/ year or
    about 2 tons copra/
    ha./ yr. or more
    Block 1 Block 6

    Block into 50 m x
    Block 2 Block 5 50 m ; select the
    best 10 % of the
    palms within each
    Block 3 Block 4 block

    Plantation Block Selection


    Mother Palm Selection

    Stout trunk

    leaf scars
    closely spaced

    Seed nuts of
    uniform sizes

    spherical or semi-spherical
    crown; at least 30 open leaves

    thick meat and heavy husked nut.


     uniform sizes (no off sizes)
     heavy husked nut
     Typical of the variety
     Sloshing sound when shaken
     No cracked (shell)
     No damage by insects or diseases
    Seedling Selection

     Healthy & robust


     Normal green leaves
     Stout girth
     Free from pest and disease
    infestation
     Leaflets of youngest leaf
    have already split

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