Induced Fruit Set of Theobroma cacao by Mistblower Applications of Insecticides1

30 November 1966

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology

Vol. 59 (6) , 1427-1430
https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/59.6.1427

Abstract

Four insecticides and spray intervals were used in studying flower development and fruit set on Theobroma cacao L. Carbaryl inhibited abscission of the flowers and allowed an increase in total fruit set while malathion, dieldrin, and dimethoate were progressively more detrimental than the water-sprayed check. Mechanical pollination by mistblower turbulence increased fruit set proportionally to application frequency.