TNAU Coconut VPM 4 (WCT)

      
  • Time take for bearing: 5 to 6 years
  • Yield: 152 nuts/Palm/ Year
  • Highest yield obtained: 152 nuts/Palm/ Year
  • Copra content: 250 nuts/palm/year
  • Area of Adoption: All districts of Tamil Nadu
  • Nuts/ha:26,600

Special Features

  • It is an early bearer, comes to flowering in 58 months,against 72 months in ECT
  • Kernel thickness is high (1.3 cm)
  • High copra yield (3.6 t/ha)
  • High oil content of 67.8 %
  • Highest oil outturn (2.44 t/ha)
  • Suitable for rainfed and irrigated condition