Aliyar Nagar 2 or ALR (CN) 2

    
  • Year of Release : 2010
  • Time take for bearing: 5 years
  • Average yield – 109 nuts/palm/year
  • Copra yield – 14 kg /palm /year
  • Oil content – 64.7%
  • Drought tolerant

Special Features

  • Drought tolerant suitable for Rainfed and Irrigated condition
  • Selection from Arasampatti Tall (Dharmapuri Dist)
  • One year earlier flowering compared to WCT, ECT and VPM 3
  • Moderately tolerant to major coconut pests.
  • This cultivar released by Coconut Research Station, Aliyar Nagar, Tamil Nadu during 2002 for commercial cultivation in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pudhucherry.