PCA 15 3 Coconut: Yield, Maturity and Characteristics
PCA 15 3 is a registered coconut variety, also sold or known as Malayan Red Dwarf x Baybay Tall or MRD x BAYT. It was registered with the National Seed Industry Council in 1996 as NSIC 1996 Co 03. Its record notes 1.88 tonnes of copra per hectare on average in the trials.
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for Malayan Red Dwarf x Baybay Tall or MRD x BAYT, this is the same coconut. Its seller and farm sources add notes, listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our coconut variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: coconut fertilizer by age.
- Yield: 1.88 tonnes of copra per hectare on average in the trials.
- Plant height: about 10 meters.
Key facts about PCA 15 3 coconut
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Registration | NSIC 1996 Co 03 |
| Year approved | 1996 |
| Also known as | Malayan Red Dwarf x Baybay Tall, MRD x BAYT, PCA hybrid 15 3 |
| Average yield | 1.88 t copra/ha |
| Plant height | 10 m |
| Nuts/palm | 71.2 |
| Nut/ha | 10,827.4 |
| Copra/nut (g) | 249.3 |
| Copra/palm (kg) | 18.1 |
| Fruiting season (months) | 12 |
| Regularity of bearing | Regular |
When does it bear, and how much?
Its average yield of 1.88 t copra/ha matches the average of its group, 1.85. Trial yields come from well managed plots, so your own will depend on water, fertilizer, pests and timing.
anee.io keeps the records of each block of trees, from fertilizer to harvest, with the growth stages and weather beside them.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
| Pest or disease | Rating | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Bud rot | HT | As noted in the record |
Read up on coconut bud rot.
The pests and diseases that hit coconut fields most often: coconut bud rot, coconut cadang cadang, coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa), coconut rhinoceros beetle, coconut scale insect (cocolisap). Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What the crop is like
Its fruiting season is 12, bearing regular. Each palm gave about 71.2 nuts a year in the records, with 249.3 grams of copra per nut.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Yield: About 71 nuts per palm a year, 2.76 t copra/ha.
- Fruit: About 249 g copra per nut.
- Where: Nationwide.
- Uses: Copra, virgin coconut oil, coconut sap sugar.
- Palm about 10 m at 14 years.
- Highly tolerant to bud rot.
Why farmers know it: ranked above PCA 15 1 on productivity and profit in a PCA review, recommended for both VCO and sap sugar. Check these against what farmers near you have seen, because the same variety can do differently from one town to the next.
Where and when to plant PCA 15 3 coconut
Talls live long and stand typhoons, dwarfs bear early and are easy to harvest, and hybrids between the two give the most copra. Pick by use: copra, buko, or both. Get seednuts from a PCA accredited source. A registered tree variety is a selection from one proven mother tree, and only grafted, budded or marcotted plants carry its traits. A seedling grown from its seed can turn out quite different. So buy from a nursery accredited by the Bureau of Plant Industry, and ask which mother tree the scions came from. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Land preparation for tree crops.
Before you buy planting material
- Buy grafted or budded plants from an accredited nursery, with the variety name on the tag.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Plant a few trees first if the variety is new to your area, before you fill the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
Start freeCoconut varieties like this one
These are the closest matches among the coconut varieties we list. So if seed of this one is hard to find, compare these first.
- Baybay Tall: 2.55 t copra/ha, 1996
- Catiga Green Dwarf: 1.55 t copra/ha, 1996
- Laguna Tall: 1.65 t copra/ha, 1996
- Malayan Red Dwarf: 2 t copra/ha, 1996
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