Harvesting the rubber tree once in four days: A solution to current issues in the rubber industry in Sri Lanka (Record no. 60232)
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| fixed length control field | 02182nam a2200229Ia 4500 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Rodrigo VHL |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Harvesting the rubber tree once in four days: A solution to current issues in the rubber industry in Sri Lanka |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Journal of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 15-35 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Despite its importance, latex harvesting in rubber plantations poses significant problems demending high level of skilled workers and cost of production. Low frequesting harvesting (LFH) insted of traditional half spiral-once in two days system (S/2 d2), appears to be a practical solution to arrest these issues. Reduction of harvesting frequecy has been limited only up to once in three days (S/2 d3) for Sri Lankan genotypes. Therefore based on some preliminary investigations, the present study was aimed at developing a suitable protocol for harvesting the rubber tree once in four days with the half spiral cut length S/2 d4 system. The overall yield given by the traditional S/2 d2 was used as standard for the comparison and the stimulation protocol of this system was adjusted to obtain similar yields. The yield given by S/2 d4 under the stimulation protocol, applying 303;Ethephon (ET) once a month was comparable with that of the traditional S/2 d2 only in the wet areas of the country. Latex physiological parameters assured the sustainability of the stimulation protocol in all genotypes tested except in RRIC 102. At commercial level, s/2 d4 system has resulted in 19;reduction in the cost of production, 22;increase in overall profitability, 26;increase in harvesters income and 50;reduction in worker requirement in harvesting. Potential long-term impact of this system on latex yields and socio-economic sustainability, awareness programmes and limitations of LFH in dry climates are also discussed. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Bark consumption |
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| Topical Term | COP |
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| Topical Term | Latex harvesting |
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| Topical Term | Latex physiology |
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| Topical Term | Low frequency |
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| Topical Term | Worker shortage |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fernando KMEP |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kudaligama KVVS |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Yapa PAJ |
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| Journals | RRII Library | RRII Library | Agronomy | 23/08/2013 | Volume 91, Issue | Journals |