date:Jul 30, 2013
a, a hybrid between dura and pisifera, is the most desirable as it produces 30% more oil per land area than dura palms.
Currently, seed producers and commercial growers use selective breeding techniques to maximize plantings of higher-yielding tenera palms, but up to 10% of plantings may be the lower-yielding dura palms because of wind and insect pollination. Identifying whether an oil palm plantlet is tenera or dura may take six years. By that time it is too late to uproot the palm.
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