Dry Matter Production of Five Valangur (Polyscias sp.) Varieties.

Abstract

Five Vaiangur varieties namely Tuna, Kiau, Ene, Molo and Ravalian were collected and established at the University of Vudal farm in the East New Britain Province. As part of a series of studies planned for the Vaiangur Varieties Collection Project, a dry matter production study was conducted from March to June 2008 to find out which of the five varieties produces consistent
higher dry matter yields (DMY). The study shows that the Vaiangur variety Ene gave higher dry matter yields throughout the 4 months period. This result is consistent with the physical leaf characteristics of this particular variety. The DMY for the other four varieties (Tuna, Kiau, Molo and Ravalian) were similar and not significantly different.