Inflorescence and Nut Characters of Dwarf Cultivars in Coconut (Cocos nucifera Linn.)

Coconut (Cocos nucifera (Linn.) is a multipurpose crop on commercial importance. Coconut grown in an area of 1.84 million hectares in India with annual production of 125.97 million nuts, Tamil Nadu with an area of 3.24 lakhs hectares holds the third position in the country with an annual production of 3.158 million nuts. Though India is in the fore front in coconut production in the world, the productivity is as low as 40 nuts per palm per year. There is an commence need to identify cultivars and hybrids suitable for manufacturing various industrial products such as coconut oil, desiccated coconut, shell charcoal, coir and coir products etc.