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1. Gamble in Nuts.

Subjects
COCONUT industry, PRICES
Abstract

The article discusses the coconut production in the U.S., highlighting higher prices, imports, and freight rates.

Published
1944

2. Fiji Dwarf Sets New Durability Standards in Coconuts.

Author

Flores, Alfredo

Subjects
*COCONUT palm diseases & pests, *COCONUT industry, *COCONUT products, *DISEASE resistance of plants, *HORTICULTURE
Abstract

The article discusses the coconut tree and related products in the U.S. Coconuts are a plantation crop in the tropics and are in high demand in the U.S. In the 1970s the lethal yellowing phytoplasma killed an estimated 100,000 coconut palms by 1983 in South Florida. The State of Florida Division of Forestry created a coconut breeding program at the Agricultural Research Service's Subtropical Horticulture Research Station as a solution to the problem. The breeding program aimed to create a lethal yellowing resistant variety of coconut.

Published
2008

3. Coconut oil market tightens because of bad weather in 1998.

Author

PAPANIKOLAW, JIM

Subjects
COCONUT industry, COCONUT oil
Abstract

Assesses coconut oil market in 1998. Major producer of coconut oil; Decline of coconut oil shipments during the fourth quarter of 1998; Projected decline of coconut oil consumption in the United States by 2001.

Published
1999

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