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Bibliothèque Yield Analysis of Oil Palm Cultivated Under Irrigation in the Brazilian Savanna

Yield Analysis of Oil Palm Cultivated Under Irrigation in the Brazilian Savanna

Yield Analysis of Oil Palm Cultivated Under Irrigation in the Brazilian Savanna

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Date of publication
Décembre 2016
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ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:US201600069652
Pages
193-199

The oil palm is currently a major source of oil used worldwide for biofuel production and food. In Brazil, it is grown in high rainfall and high temperature regions. The high cost of this oil crop in the Brazilian Amazonia, combined with environmental and land ownership issues and the occurrence of diseases, has aroused considerable interest in growing it in other regions of the country, including the Savanna (Cerrado) Biome. This study aimed to evaluate, for 1 year, the fruit bunch, the oil yield, and other parameters of two oil palm cultivars (BRS C1001 and BRS C2501) under the typical Savanna conditions in the Federal District, Brazil. Differences between these cultivars were observed in some parameters evaluated throughout the year (p 

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do Amaral Teles, Daniel Aparecida
Braga, Marcelo Fideles
Antoniassi, Rosemar
Junqueira, Nilton Tadeu Vilela
Peixoto, José Ricardo
Malaquias, Juaci Vitoria

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