Recent innovation in agronomic practice: palm replacement during immaturity [Malaysia]
1982
Yeow, K.H. | Tam, T.K. | Poon, Y.C.
A study of oil palm agronomic experiments was conducted to evaluate individual palm fresh bunch (FFB) yield performance with time. Results based on yield trends of individual mature palms demonstrated considerable variation in FFB production and indicated that the yield trend of a mature palm was related to its inflorescence production pattern during immaturity and to its initial yield. A good yielding palm would maintain its high productive capability wheras a poor yielding palm tended to remain low-yielding throughout maturity. In spite of an overall anticipated yield increase for all palms during the peak production periods, the yields of identified low-yielding palms were still relatively lower than those of high-yielding palms. In view of these indicators, a method of identifying potentially low-yielding palms during the immature stage has been suggested and the concept of 'palm replacement during immaturity' put forward
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