| Botany and
Cultivation |
- Betel-Nut
Palm Care (2.5 Mb PDF file)
Fruit Production Publication FR2000_12
(Victor T. Artero and Vincent M. Santos, 2000, University of
Guam Cooperative Extension)
Betel nut production including varieties, propagation, fertilization,
harvesting, insect pests and diseases.
- Betelnut
(Pugua) Growing Guide
(Ray Macduff, Northern Marianas College Cooperative Research,
Extension and Education Service)
Production guide for betel nut
plantations including information on site preparation, plant
spacing, irrigation, and seed germination.
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| Diseases
and Pests |
- Coconut
Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) (86
Kb PDF file)
Agricultural Pests of the Pacific ADAP 2000-4
(Agnes Vargo, 2000, Agricultural Development in the American Pacific
(ADAP) Project)
Leaflet; includes color photographs of the insect and its damage.
- Coconut
Scale (Aspidiotus destructor Signoret) (88
Kb PDF file)
Agricultural Pests of the Pacific ADAP 2000-5
(Donald Nafus, 2000, Agricultural Development in the American Pacific
(ADAP) Project)
Leaflet; includes color photographs of the insect.
- New
Guinea Sugarcane Weevil (Rhabdoscelus obscurus Boisduval)
(84 Kb PDF file)
Agricultural Pests of the Pacific ADAP 2000-9
(Ilse Schreiner, 2000, Agricultural Development in the American Pacific
(ADAP) Project)
Leaflet; includes color photograph of the insect and its damage.
- What
is wrong with the Betelnut in the CNMI (9Mb PDF File - VERY
LARGE file)
(2000, Northern Marianas College CREES)
Discusses the impact of close spacing and shading on yield.
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| Marketing and Statistics |
- 1998
Census of Agriculture - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
(U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Data for 1990 and 1998; number of farms, pounds harvested, the number
of trees of bearing age, and number of trees not of bearing age; in PDF
format.
- 1998
Census of Agriculture - Guam
(U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Data for 1993 and 1998; number of farms, pounds harvested, the number
of trees of bearing age, and number of trees not of bearing age; in PDF
format.
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| Reference and Research Tools |
- Free Public Databases
- AGRICOLA:
1970-present
(U.S. National Agricultural Library)
Citations, most with abstracts, to journal articles, books, theses,
technical reports, and other publications in agriculture and related
areas such as nutrition, biotechnology, and botany.
- AGRIS
1975 - present
(FAO)
International database covering agricultural sciences and technology
containing citations for conventional and non-conventional ("grey")
literature.
- PubMed
(Medline) 1966 - present
(U.S. National Library of Medicine)
Citations, most with abstracts, for journal articles in biomedicine
including medical aspects of betel nut use.
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