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100			_aJacob J
245		0	_aImpact of the tropical cyclone Ockhi on rubber cultivation in Kanyakumari and vulnerability of rubber plantations in cyclone prone areas
260			_bRubber Science _c2017
300			_a201-207
520			_aTropical cyclone Ockhi that came close to Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu state of India on 30 November 2017 destroyed close to half a million rubber trees in the district even though the eye of the storm did not make a landfall there. The scale of the destruction was unpercedented in the nealy 120 year history of rubber cultivation in India. More than 900 smallholdings lost about 1,78,000 trees and the large estates in the district lost another 2,83,000 rubber trees. The affected smallholdings lost an average of 61 per cent of the trees. A few medium sized estates also lost more than 50 per cent of the trees. More than 95 per cent of the loss was due to uprooting. Mature and yielding trees and trees planted in lowlying fields were more vulnerable to uprooting. No loss of trees was reported from adjecent Kerala, except for some loss in Punalur region, about 100 kms North of the most affected areas in Kanyakumari district. Potential threats to rubber cultivation in India and other countries from severe tropical cyclones in the context of global warming are also discussed.
650			_aGlobal warming
650			_aKanyakumari
650			_aOckhi
650			_aRubber cultivation 5tropical cyclone
700			_aPradeep B
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