Introduction –
Environmental requirements –
Soil –
Climate –
Varieties of coconut –
Tall varieties –
Dwarf varieties –
F1 variety hybrids –
PCA-recommended hybrids –
Selection of seed nuts –
Sources of seed nuts –
Nursery management –
Pretreatment of seed nuts –
Germination and germination bed –
Nursery –
Care of seedlings –
Watering –
Crop protection –
Fertilizer application –
Shading –
Plantation establishment –
Land preparation –
Covercropping –
Systems of planting –
Holing –
Transplanting –
Care of young palms –
Fertilizer application –
Management of bearing palms –
Soil tillage –
Weed control –
Thinning –
Fertilizer application –
Fertilizer supplements –
Replanting –
Crop protection –
Insect pests and their control –
Copra pests and their control –
Diseases and their control –
Rats and their control –
Weeds and their control –
Harvesting and postharvest handling –
Nut maturity and seasoning –
Harvesting cycle –
Methods of harvesting –
Copra processing –
Methods of copra drying –
Important considerations in using copra dryer –
Copra storage –
Copra classification standards –
Coconut intercropping –
Suitability of area for intercropping –
Intercropping coconut with annuals –
Intercropping coconut with perennials –
Multistorey cropping pattern –
Pasture intercropping under coconuts –
Processing and utilization –
Coconut oil –
Food used of coconut –
By-product utilization –
Industrial uses of coconut oil –
Nonedible uses of coconut oil –
Industry users of coco-based chemicals –
Products and chemical derivatives from coconut –
Coconut oil as medical food –
Cocowood processing and utilization.

"The two-point vision for the coconut industry focuses on increasing the productivity as well as the foreign exchange earnings."