SCHEDULE OF N, P, K EXPERIMENT

- BIKINI AND ENEU ISLANDS

Preliminary experiment started on Eneu Island - January 1981 - four trees.

Experiment expanded on Eneu Island and Bikini

Island - May 1983 - five trees

on Eneu and five trees on Bikini.

Large scale field trial started with BARC on Bikini

Island - February 1985.

Factorial experiment with N, P, and 2 rates of K; 120 trees in experiment.

IMPLICATIONS

1.

Eneu coconut uptake of 137CS reduced below natural levels; but how low
can Bikini 137CS coconut concentrations

2.

be gotten?

Two to three years of work are required to determine the extent of the
reduction and duration of effect.

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