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

Table 2

Flower and fruit production and pod losses averaged over ten cocoa farms at Kubease, Ejisu-Juabeng, Ghana.

Months	Census
	Mature flower bud	Open flower	New pods	Small pods	Medium pods	Large pods	Diseased pods	Aborted pods
April	1.6	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.1
May	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.2
June	4.3	2.5	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.4
July	3.6	2.5	2.9	1.2	1.1	0.6	2.0	3.6
August	2.1	1.6	2.6	1.8	1.3	0.6	2.6	3.9
September	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	2.7	3.8
October	0.8	0.4	1.1	1.6	1.1	0.6	2.6	3.8
November	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.5	1.9	3.4
December	0.8	0.4	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.7
𝑃 value	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001
LSD (0.05)	0.61	0.51	0.16	0.31	0.21	0.14	0.33	0.51