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ACTION |
WHO TAKES ACTION? |
WHAT ACTION TAKEN? |
HOW IS ACTION DONE? |
WHEN IS ACTION DONE? |
WHY IS ACTION DONE? |
WHERE ACTION TAKEN? |
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Land preparation |
farmer contractor |
land is plowed |
with tractor |
before holing |
control weeds and loosen soil |
farm |
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Lining and holing |
farmer contractor |
lining & staking for 6 x 6 m; dig hole 60 × 60 × 60 cm; 10 kg chicken dung/hole |
lining: manually; holes dug by hand or machine |
1-2 weeks before planting |
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farm |
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Planting material |
farmer nursery (private & gov't) |
bud grafted; plants prepared or purchased |
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order: >3 mos. before planting; prepare: 9 mos. before planting |
- |
farm and nursery |
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Planting material |
farmer hired labor |
basal fertilizer CIRP 200 g/hole |
manually without shade |
at onset of rainy period |
planting during wet weather enhances plant establishment |
farm |
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Fertilizer application |
farmer hired labor |
NPK 15:15:15 (Year 1) NPK Mg 12:12:17:2 (Year 2 on) organic manure |
manually |
4-5 split applications per year |
require high fertilizer input |
manually broadcast around drip line |
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Irrigation |
farmer |
regular irrigation |
manually with hose or bucket; sprinkler/drip |
daily during drought |
sensitive to water stress; fruit quality affected |
base of tree |
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Pest & disease control |
farmer hired skilled labor |
fruit bagging and covering: spray with insecticides or spot spray with protein baits |
fruit are bagged manually 2-3 weeks after flowering; insecticides/bait sprays applied with knapsack or power sprayers |
bagging at 2-3 weeks after flowering; (4-5 cm) insecticides/bait spray before bagging & one week before harvest |
unprotected fruits |
farm are 100% damaged by fruit flies and up to 60% by borers; flower moths reduce fruit set up to 80% |
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Weed control |
farmer hired labor |
mechanical and/or chemical |
circle or clear weeding |
as necessary |
to reduce pest infestations and competition for nutrients |
farm |
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Pollination |
farmer |
reared honey bees to improve pollination; graft clones with high pollen production |
1 beehive per acre; 1 graft per tree |
pollination is continuous |
the B10 clone appears to be self-infertile; experience with cross pollination shows increased fruit set and production |
on the tree |
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Pruning & training |
farmer hired labor |
excessive water shoots removed; branches trained to grow horizontally |
manually cut; branches weighed down with strings & weights |
prunning water shoots as necessary; prunning to control height at 4-5 years; continuous training |
facilitates bagging & harvesting; remove unproductive water shoots |
on the tree |
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Thinning & bagging |
farmer hired skilled labor |
select & maintain one good fruit per inflorescence |
manually bag for pest & disease control |
thin to leave one well formed fruit/cluster; bag 2-3 weeks after flowering |
produce good quality (uniform big size & clean) and insect free fruits |
on the tree |
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Harvesting |
farmer hired labor |
bagged fruits are handpicked |
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60-65 days after fruit set; in the morning |
to get turgid fruits; to enable packing and transport in the afternoon |
farm |
Source: Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Inst., 1988, pp. 33-34.
