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Effects of Plant Density on Growth and Yield of Oil Palm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. H. V. Corley
R. H. V. Corley
Affiliation:
Oil Palm Genetics Laboratory, Layang-Layang, Johore, Malaysia
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Summary

Crop growth rate of oil palm increases with leaf area index (LAI) to about 40 tons/ha./yr at the highest LAIs obtained. Net assimilation rate and dry matter production per palm decrease with increasing LAI, but the amount of dry matter per palm incorporated in vegetative tissues is unaffected by density. As a result the optimal LAI for oil yield is considerably below the critical LAI for maximum crop growth rate.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , April 1973 , pp. 169 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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