What is the difference between button shedding and premature nut fall in coconut?
The entire female flowers produced by the plant may not results in the development of mature nuts. Generally only less than 40% of the flowers reached maturity. This may be due to failure to get fertilized or other physiological reason. Shedding of un fertilized flowers/ buttons is a natural phenomenon. This may vary depending upon the variety, climatic conditions and a host of other factors. Nut fall on the other hand is the falling of female flowers after fertilization due to water stress, climatic conditions, incidents of pest and diseases etc.
