Ecoclimate of a coconut plus cacao crop combination on the west coast of India

Daily variations in temperature, vapour pressure, relative humidity and evaporation were measured at 0, 100 and 200 cm above ground level, inside plantations of unirrigated and irrigated monocrops of coconut, inside a combination crop of irrigated coconut + cacao, and in the open are during November-May in two consecutive seasons. The crop combination offered a sort of buffering effect against drastic diurnal variation in its ecoclimate. Differences between the average daily values of maximum and minimum temperature and relative humidity were considerably less in the ecoclimate of the crop combination. Evaporation from the ecoclimate of the crop combination was only about 30 per cent of that from the open area.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	98323 Nair, P.K.R. autor/a, 45859 Balakrishnan, T.K. autor/a
Format:	biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Amsterdam (Países Bajos): ELSEVIER, 1977
Subjects:	THEOBROMA CACAO, INSECTOS DAÑINOS DE LA RAIZ, CULTIVO INTERCALADO, ECOLOGIA, CLIMA, TEMPERATURA, PRESION ATMOSFERICA, HUMEDAD RELATIVA, EVAPORACION, RIEGO, INDIA,
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-1571(77)90010-3
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