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Rachis nutrient concentrations of different oil palm genotypes as affected by irrigation and terrain


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Lee, Chin Tui and Abdul Rahman, Zaharah and Musa, Mohamed Hanafi and Ishak, Che Fauziah and Norizan, Mohd Shahkhirat and Tan, Choon Check and Mohd Yusof, Mohd Salihuddin (2014) Rachis nutrient concentrations of different oil palm genotypes as affected by irrigation and terrain. Journal of Oil Palm Research, 26 (2). pp. 146-153. ISSN 1511-2780

Abstract

Four clonal oil palm materials namely AVROS, Yangambi, La Me and NIFOR, and two D × P hybrid Yangambi have been planted on terraced and non-terraced contours that are subjected to irrigated and non-irrigated conditions. Under favourable growing environment, i.e., through irrigation, and to some extent favourable terrain of undulating plain, the palms were able to retain higher rachis nutrient concentrations, and subsequently had larger petiole cross-section and exhibited higher rachis nutrient contents. There were significant differences in all rachis nutrient concentrations for all of the planting materials for both terrain and irrigation conditions except for sulphur (S) nutrient. Previous study revealed that leaf potassium (K) concentration for D × P hybrid Yangambi-DQ8 was consistently lower than AVROS-A122 by almost 15%-20% in all the growing conditions. In contrast, the rachis nutrient concentrations for both materials were comparable. In fact, D × P Yangambi-DQ8, retained higher rachis K content (by 22%) due to larger petiole cross-section (PCS) as compared to that of AVROS-A122. The poor yielding materials, appeared to contain lower nutrient concentrations particularly those of magnesium (Mg), chlorine (Cl) and calcium (Ca). The present fertiliser regime is able to sustain high yields and capable of producing more than 10.5 t ha-1 yr-1 of total economic product (TEP) without the need for additional fertiliser inputs. Therefore, the understanding of rachis nutrient behaviour on different oil palm genotypes is crucial to produce sustainable oil yield in the near future.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Publisher: Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Keywords: Rachis nutrients; Irrigation; Terrain; Oil palm; Clones
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 30 Dec 2015 11:18
Last Modified: 17 May 2017 08:39
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35144
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