IRRIGATION AND WATER REQUIREMENTS IN BANANA... 8
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5 (iii) CONTENTS Paae PREFACE... CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS AND SUBJECT AREAS.... TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RAPPORTEURS... ix xi... XIII CHAPTER I - REPORT ON BANANA CROP - by Mr P.S.N. Sastry I 1.1 INTRODUCTION THE BANANA CROP Varieties and nomenclatures Description of the plant THE BANANA CLIMATE I Growing conditions Time of planting Leaf emergence and expansion IRRIGATION AND WATER REQUIREMENTS IN BANANA Water requirements... 8 Evapotranspiration... 9 Crop coefficients... IO Water logging... IO Drought and heat... IO _ I Advective conditions... II c *. I.5 EFFECT OF WIND... II
6 (iv) 1.6 LIGHT INTENSITY AND BANANA GROWTH THE TEMPERATURE REGIME AND BANANA DEVELOPMENT Effect of low temperature and frost occurrence on the phenology 14 of banana crop in the sub-tropics Temperature and bunch initiation in banana crop... Temperature optima for fruit growth... Optimum temperature for nutrient uptake in banana... Ripening temperature and keeping quality in banana... Pulp firmness and shelf life variations with temperature... Estimation of shelf life PESTS AND DISEASE IN BANANA CROP AND WEATHER CONDITIONS Sigatoka disease l Temperature thresholds Germination Germ tube growth Incubation period... Other general observations Approaches to forecasting of sigatoka disease Fungus diseases of pre-harvest fruit Pitting disease Brown spot Aphids Chilling injury Sun scorch, sun burn and sun scald... Fungal diseases of post-harvest fruit... Crown rot... Finger rot _ 20 q L
7 (VI Anthracnose (peel blemish) CONCLUSION APPENDIX (suggested tables and maps) BIBLIOGRAPHY CHAPTER II - REPORT ON COTTON CROP - by Dr B.C. Biswas II.1 INTRODUCTION II.2 THE COTTON PLANT - NOMENCLATURE l Brief description of the plant Origin of cotton The spread of cotton Production II.3 PHENOLOGY AND CROP COEFFICIENTS FOR COTTON CROP II.4 IMPACT OF CLIMATIC FACTORS ON COTTON General effects of climate on growth of cotton crop I Time of sowing Rainfall Rainfall probability Length of growing period Floods and water logging Dew Hail... Frost...,
8 (vi) TEMPERATURE AND GROWTH OF COTTON Seed germination and emergence... Vegetative growth... Flowering... Bud initiation... Night temperatures and growth... Day/night temperatures... Leaf area... Node of the first fruiting branch... Flowering... Boll development and production... Mean daily temperatures and boll development... Boll period... Temperature and boll retention... Temperature and fruit set... Growing degree days... Prediction model for boll opening using degree days... Temperature and fibre quality... Temperature and chilling injury * II.6 EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND WATER NEEDS IN COTTON Water use... Water stress... Effects of water stress... Stomata1 conductance in sunlit and shaded leaves... Influence of advective conditions... Canopy-air temperature difference and water stress... Thermal stress index _ Effect of irrigation scheduling on canopy temperatures c
9 .. (vii) Effect of water logging on canopy temperature Drought and crop yields SUNSHINE, LIGHT INTENSITY AND CROP GROWTH Cloudiness... Critical light intensity... Light transmission... Phosyntheticaly active radiation and lint yield... Albedo and microclimate INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES IN COTTON AND WEATHER FACTORS s I F I l Pests in cotton Boll Weevil Pink Boll Worm Spotted Boll Worm Boll Worm Cotton Jassids Cotton Aphids Cotton diseases Seedling diseases Seed decay Rhizoctonia Solani Pythium spp Colletotrichum spp Theilaviopsis basicola Bacterial Blight Verticillium wilt Fusarium wilt....,... 77
10 (viii) Alternaria leaf spot Cercospora leaf spot Grey or False Mildew RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONTRIBUTION TO CARS II.10 BIBLIOGRAPHY II.1 1 Acknowledgements CHAPTER Ill - REPORT ON SOYA BEAN CROP, by K.G. Hubbard III.1 INTRODUCTION III.2 AGROMETEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION IN FARMING Choice of Cropping System Sowing Decisions Timing and nature of cultivations, including field preparation Timing and nature of sprays and fertilizer Irrigation amount and frequency Harvest decisions Post harvest operations Duration of growth Rage of growth Yield and stress III.3 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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