Floral Phenology of Upper Amazon Cocoa Trees: Implications for Reproduction and Productivity of Cocoa

Table 1

Phenological patterns of mature flower buds, open flowers, new pods, and percentage fruit-set of cocoa trees (𝑁=100) in ten farms at Kubease, in Ejisu-Juabeng District in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

Census	Mature floral buds		Open flowers		New pods		Estimated
Month	Total	Mean ± SE	Total	Mean ± SE	Total	Mean ± SE	fruit-set%
April	2573	131.15 ± 15.61	1511	75.61 ± 8.73	102	5.12 ± 0.71	2.4
May	3289	186.4 ± 7.55	1307	65.35 ± 7.11	194	9.73 ± 1.12	3.7
June	3313	165.65 ± 5.45	1480	74.21 ± 9.32	532	26.61 ± 3.14	10.1
July	7246	362.30 ± 8.16	3818	190.70 ± 10.58	2061	103.05 ± 13.8	15.7
August	2955	147.75 ± 6.08	2018	100.90 ± 8.60	1982	104.11 ± 11.61	28.5
September	157	7.85 ± 3.26	94	4.70 ± 1.08	317	17.05 ± 2.37	173.6
October	89	4.45 ± 0.51	51	2.55 ± 0.38	252	13.40 ± 2.37	64.3
November	34	1.77 ± 0.16	40	2.01 ± 0.99	206	10.31 ± 3.06	55.8
December	82	4.25 ± 0.11	44	2.24 ± 0.19	322	16.15 ± 3.80	71.9