Early Results from an Oil Palm Progeny x Environment Trial at Twelve Sites in Papua New Guinea.

Abstract

Twelve sites were chosen to represent a range of climatic and soil conditions in eight lowland districts of Papua New Guinea with potential for oil palm cultivation. Two sources of Malaysian tenera seed, with four progenies from each source, were planted at each site. This report deals with growth in the pre-bearing phase, 1968-70, and yield in the first year of bearing, 1970-71.