<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pohe, J.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Factors involved in the development of nutfall [Cocos nucifera nuts] due to Phytophthora katsurae in Ivory Coast</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tropicultura (Belgium)</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1999</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">16/17 No. 3</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">150-153</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nut rot on coconut can be spread simply by contact or by spreading agents which maintain isolated infections within a bunch on a given tree and at plot level. The disease generally spreads horizontally from one bunch to another and vertically, particularly vertically downwards, from one nut to another in a given bunch. The positive effect of water and insects in disease spread has been demonstrated.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pohe, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dongo, BK</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">N’Goran, N.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effectiveness of aluminum-fosetyl in the control of early nutfall of coconut tree due to Phytophthora katsurae (Pythiaceae)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agronomie africaine</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ajol.info/index.php/aga/article/view/1633</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">123–133</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Early nut fall and bud rot due to &lt;em&gt;Phytophthora katsurae&lt;/em&gt; are the most important diseases of coconut tree observed in recent years at the Assinie plantations of PALMINDUSTRIE Company, Côte d’Ivoire. Field investigations conducted in 1983 revealed a high rate of nut fall (50-70%) during the rainy season. Cutting of coconut stands with rotten buds, as a way to control the spread of &lt;em&gt;Oryctes&lt;/em&gt; sp., allowed to assess the number of dead trees over 139 and 89 ha of land for the hybrids and Grand West cultivars, respectively. In addition to those disease control measures proposed by the Company, comparison trials were systematically carried out using 2 fungicides: aluminum-fosetyl [fosetyl] at 3 doses (3.2, 4.8 and 6.4 g of active ingredient/tree) and Ridomil [metalaxyl] at one dose (3.125 g of active ingredient/tree). These fungicide were injected into the stem of the coconut every 3 months starting from December 1984. After 3 years, the efficacy of the 3 doses of aluminium-fosetyl over Ridomil in significantly reducing nut fall, even at low rates (3.2 g of active ingredient/tree), was apparent. However, the technique still remains out of reach of most farmers because of lack of technical know-how. It appears therefore, that an improvement of the technique, so as to make it accessible to the farmers, is a necessity.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>