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The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon August 1934

1934

The causes of the disease are discussed in the following quotation from the abstract of Kaden's paper: "Discussing the etiology of `morte subita' the writer draws attention to the gradual modification of the insular climate largely under the influence of the excessive deforestation and drainage of swamps to meet planting requirements. [...] The improvement of the tilth of the soil and the increase of humus makes the soil less liable to extreme desiccation and this again will tend to increase the humidity of the air above the soil in dry weather. [...] Along with the continued growth of production in the importing countries of the second rank in part through Government encouragement by means of technical assistance and restriction of imports this makes for acute competition in the marketing of the surpluses of French Indo-China and Siam and of that part of the Burma surplus that must be marketed outside India. [...] The trenches each season are made at an increased distance from the tree until the centre between the tree rows has been reached when the manuring may he continued down the centres of the rows for the rest of the applications. [...] The fact must not be overlooked that the leaves are the part of the plant that manufacture the carbohydrates necessary in the growth of all parts of the tree; thus when the trees are heavily pruned a setback will occur and the normal growth will be adversely affected.
agriculture environment
Pages
75
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Editorial
69-70 unknown view
Fertilizer Trials with Faddy in the Eastern Province—Part I
71-77 L. Lord view
Further Notes on Cacao Disease in the Dumbara Valley 1933
78-ii Malcolm Park view
Notes on Orchids Cultivated in Ceylon Coelogyne Asperata Lindl
87-88 K.J. Sylva view
Rice Production and Trade in the East
89-96 unknown view
Citrus Fruit Growing in Rhodesia
97-99 unknown view
Fruit Cultivation in Java
100-105 unknown view
Propagation of Kapok by Budding and Grafting
106-110 unknown view
Report on a Visit to Malta
111-117 unknown view
Imperial Institute
118-122 unknown view
Coconut Research Scheme (Ceylon)
123-124 unknown view
Tea Research Institute of Cyolon
125-127 unknown view
Two Weevil Pests of Mango Leaves
128-135 J.C. Hutson, E. Alwis view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended 31 July 1934
136-136 M. Crawford view
Meteorological Report
137-137 M. Jameson view

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