Oil palm can stand the cold

Until recently, the only oil palm variety that grew in the upland regions of Africa was the Dura type, but it has low yields of edible oil. Breeders from FAO and a Costa Rican company have now crossed it with the high-yielding Tenera type, which...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: News Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2000
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46669
Descripción
Sumario:Until recently, the only oil palm variety that grew in the upland regions of Africa was the Dura type, but it has low yields of edible oil. Breeders from FAO and a Costa Rican company have now crossed it with the high-yielding Tenera type, which...