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1953

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• Anon (1951-1953) Coconut industry CO 1031/215 UK Public Record Office

• Anon (1952-53) Coconut oil from Ceylon: market and uses AY 4/1746 UK Public Record Office

• Anon (1952-1953) Implementation of recommendations of a report on the coconut industry, British Honduras CO 1031/1122 UK Public Record Office

• Anon (1953) Ceylon's production and trade in coconut crops 1. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 3(4) 217-227.

• Anon (1953) Coconut oil extraction plant: comments on cold extraction as against heat treatment AY 4/17491953 UK Public Record Office.

• Anon (1953) Coconut trees, West Indies: "red ring" and "bud rot" diseases AY 4/891 UK Public Record Office

• Anon (1953) Desiccated coconut: grinding into flour AY 4/1748 UK Public Record Office

• Anon (1953) Le sechage du copra: fours et sechoirs. L'Agronomie Tropicale 8, 74-81.

• Anon (1953) Research into coconut infestation by the Melittomma Beetle, or Melittomma insulare in Seychelles CO 927/278 UK Public Record Office.

• Anon (1953) Rhinoceros beetle outbreak in Fiji. SPC Q Bull. 3, 14-15.

• Anon (1953) Salmonella bacteria: in Papua coconut sent to Australia AY 4/892 UK Public Record Office

• Anon (1953) The coconut rhinoceros beetle with particular reference to Palau Island. B.P. Bishop Museum Bull 212.

• Anon (1953) The coir yarn industry. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly (Reproduced from the "Ceylon Trade Journal", July, 1952) 3(3) 157-163.

• Balce, S. (1953) A survey of potential industrial products of the coconut. Paper read at the Symposium: Problems of the coconut industry, 8th Pacific Science Congress, Quezon City, Philippines. 27 pp.

• Blackie, W.J. (1953?) Observations on copra drying and copra dryers. Fiji DoA Bull. No. 25.

• Burkill, I.H. (1953) Habits of man and the origin of the cultivated plants of the old world. Proceedings. Linn. Society. 164, 12-42.

• Calica, C.A. & Bigornia, A.E. (1953) Cadang-cadang. 8th Pacific Sci. Cong., Quezon, Phil.

• Carvalho, R.F. de. (1953) A adubacao do coqueiro. Selecoes Agricolas 8(92) 59-61.

• Cheyne, O.B.M. (1953) Seed coconuts: "block nuts" versus "mother palm" nuts. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 3(2) 73-74.

• Cheyne, O.B.M. (1953) The replanting scheme: a review. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 3(3) 123-126.

• Child, R. (1953) The Coconut. New Biology, Penguin Books, London, No.15, 25-42.

• Danielsson, B. (1953) Native terminology of the coconut palm in Raroia atoll, Tuamotu archipelago. [MSS].

• Davis, T.A. & Menon, K.P.V. (1953) A midget coconut palm. Indian Coconut Journal 6, 138-144.

• Davis, T.A. (1953) Breeding in coconut for disease resistance. Indian Coconut J. 6, 95-100.

• Davis, T.A.; Anandan, A.P.;Menon, K.P.V. (1953) A case of polyembrony in coconut. Indian Coconut J. 6, 67-71.

• de Leon, D. and Bigornia, A. E. 1953. Coconut cadang-cadang disease in the Philippines and experimental control programme. United States Operations Mission to the Philippines.

• Durocher-Yvon, F. 1953. The coconut industry of the Seychelles. World Crops 5: 437-441.

• Dutt, M. (1953) Dividing nuclei in coconut milk. Nature 171, 799-800.

• Eden, D.R.A. (1953) The management of coconut plantations in Western Samoa. Noumea, Commision Pacific Sud 48, 1-32

• Franco, E. (1953) Nota previa sobre as posibilidades de tratemento do Anel Vermello do cocoqueiro. Rev. Agric. Brazil 28, 163-174.

• Freitas, H.O. (1953) Coqueiro Anão. Boletim da Seção de Fomento Agrícola no Estado da Bahia, Salvador 4 (1/2) 3-4.

• Gangolly, S.R. & Nambiar, M.C. (1953-54) Studies on the occurrence of barren nuts in the coconut ... Ind. Cocon. J. 7, 5-19.

• Gangolly, S.R. (1953) A resumé of investigations on the shedding of buttons in the coconut ... Ind. Cocon. J. 6 (2), 60-66.

• Gressitt, J.L. (1953) The coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) with particular reference to the Palau islands. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA) 212, 157 pp.

• Goonasekera, G.C.M. (1953) Cattle under coconuts: the grazing habits of indigenous cattle under coconuts. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 4(2) 73-75.

• Goonasekera, G.C.M. (1953) Pastures under coconuts: the incidence of weeds. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 4(1) 9-12.

• Gunasekera, G.C.M. (1953) Pastures under coconuts. Ceylon Coconut Q. 4, 135-136.

• Jayadas, C.S. & Varier, N.S. (1953) Destructive distillation of coconut shells. Indian Coconut J. 6, 72-73.

• Kent, G.C. (1953) Cadang-cadang of coconut. Phil. Agric. 37, 228-240.

• Krishna Marar, M.M. (1953) Intercultivation in coconut gardens - its importance. Indian Coconut Journal 6, 131-137.

• Leong, P.C. (1953) The nutritive value of coconut toddy. Brit. J. Nutrit. 7, 253-259.

• Lever, R.J.A.W. (1953) Notes on outbreaks, parasites and habits of the coconut moth (Artona catoxantha Hamps.). Malayan Agricultural Journal (Malaysia) 36, 1: 20-27.

• Liyanage, D.V. (1953) An isolated seed garden for coconuts. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 4(2) 59-60.

• Liyanage, D.V. (1953) Selection of coconut seed-nuts and seedlings. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 4(3/4) 127-129.

• Luomola (1953) Ethnobotany of the Gilbert Islands. Bishop Museum Bull. 213, 1-219.

• Marar, M.M.K. (1953) Intercultivation in coconut gardens - its importance. Indian Cocon. J., 6, 4, 131-137.

• Martyn, E.B. (1953) Red ring disease of coconuts in Trinidad and Tobago. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) 30, 43-53.

• Mensier, P.H. (1953) L`extraction de l`huile des amandes de coco fraiches. Oleagineux 8(2) 75-78.

• Murray, D.B. 1953. Yield distribution of estate coconuts. Tropical Agriculture. 30(4-6) 114-115.

• Nathanael, W.R.N. (1953) The history of vinegar production and the use of coconut toddy as a raw material - part II: Coconut toddy a raw material for vinegar production. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 3(3) 135-149.

• Nathanael, W.R.N. (1953) Toddy effluents from distilleries. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 4(2) 63-67 [4, 1-5].

• Nirula, K.K., Antony, J., and Menon, K.P.V. (1953) Some investigations on the control of termites. Indian Coconut Journal 7, 1: 26-34.

• O'Connor, B.A. (1953) The rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros L.) in Fiji. Fiji Agric. J. 24, 35-46.

• Pandalai, K.M. (1953) Certain aspects of soil suitability in relation to coconut cultivation. Indian Cocon. J., 6, 3, 89-93.

• Pearce, S.C. (1953) Field experimentation with fruit trees and other perennial plants. Tech. Com. 23, Commonwealth Bur. Hort. Pltn. Crops. 48.

• Portugal, J.O. (1953) Tratos do coqueiral: queda de cocos. Boletim de Agricultura, Belo Horizonte 2 (11-12) 59-60.

• Pulgar Vidal, J.(1953) El Cocotero. Agricultura Tropical, Bogota 9(10) 37-44.

• Rao, M.B.S. & Koyamu, K. (1953) Hybrid vigour in coconut seedlings. Indian Cocon. J., 6, 41-44.

• Rao, V.T. & Rao, K.R.M. (1953) The insect associates of coconut palm in the east and west coasts of South India. Indian Cocon. J., 6, 4, 145-151.

• Robbs, C.F. (1953) O BHC combate a broca dos pedunculos florais do coqueiro (Cocos nucifera L.). Boletim do Campo 55, 3-9.

• Rockwood, M.S. (1953) Experiments on a coconut estate III. Ceylon Coconut Quartely 4(1) 13-15.

• Rodrigo, R.B.; Rajapakse, G. ;Jayasooriya, D.C. (1953) Some problems of under-planting. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 3(3) 127-131.

• Salgado, M.L.M. (1953) It pays to manure. Ceylon Coconut Quartely 4(1) 7-8.

• Salgado, M.L.M. & Nethsinghe, D.A. (1953) Preliminary observations on transformation of soil nitrogen under coconuts. T.A.Ceylon, 109, 2, 111-117.

• Sankarasubramony, H., Pandalai, K.M., & Menon, K.P.V. (1953) On the nutritive content of the leaf tissues of the coconut palm in health and disease. Indian Cocon.J., 6, 1, 1-18.

• Santhirasegaram, K.; Ferdinandez, D.E.F.; Rajaratnam, N. (1963) Studies of the nutrient status of some coconut soils in Ceylon. Tropical Agriculturalist (Ceylon) 121 (1-2) 43-54.

• Satyabalan, K. (1953) A note on the occurence of "buttery" kernal in coconut. Indian Cocon. J., 6, 4, 152-154.

• Seshadri, C.A. & Sayeed, P.M. (1953) Profitable subsidiary crops. Coconut Bull. 7, 19-21.

• Stewart, A. (1953) Cradle of Gold. Blackwood's Magazine, 1651, 414-422.

• Tams, W.K.T. (1953) A pest of coconut palms in Portuguese East Africa: two new representatives of the genus Hypotrabala - Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae - from the Belgian Congo. Bull. Brit. Mus. Ent. 3, 67-73.

• Tjoa Tjien Mo (1953) Memberantas hama-hama kelapa dan kopra. Noorhoff-holff., Jakarta, 270pp.

• Verghese, E.J. (1953) Manuring the coconut. Indian Cocon. J., 6, 3, 83-88.

• Verghese, E.J., Marar, M.M.K., & Thomas, P.K. (1953) Preliminary studies on the variation in moisture in coconut soil. Indian Cocon. J., 6, 2, 49-59.

• Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. (1953) Review of biological control of coccidae on coconut palms in the Seychelles. Bull. Ent. Res. 44, 405-413.

• Way, M.J. (1953) Studies of Theraptus sp. (Coreidae), the cause of the gumming disease of coconuts in East Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 44: 657-667.

• Way, M.J. (1953) The relationship between certain ant species with particular reference to biological control of the coreid Theraptus sp. Bull. Ent. Res. 44, 669-691.

• Wickremasuriya, C.A. (1953) A ladder for coconuts. Ceylon Coconut Quartely 4(1) 23.

• Wickramasuriya, C.A. (1953) The black-beetle. Ceylon Coconut Quarterly. 4(3/4) 131-134.

• Wijewardene, R. (1953) Mechanisation on a coconut estate. Ceylon coconut Q. 4, 143-151.

• Wright, J. (1953) Investigations 1952. Bull. Dept. Agric. Jamaica, (N.S.) 1, 122pp.

• Zuniga L.C. (1953) The probable inheritance of the Makapuno character of the coconut. Philippine Agriculturist, 36: 402-413.