Table 1. Growth measurements of young oil palms at 60, 120, 240, and 360 days after application (DAT) of empty fruit bunches (EFB), palm shell (PS), and fertilizer (F).

DAT* TREATMENT RACHIS
LENGTH
-cm-
PETIOLE
CROSS
SECTION AREA
-cm2-
LEAF
AREA -m2-
LEAF
EMISSION
RATE MONTH -1
60 Tester 169.5 3.27 b 1.56
PS 172.7 3.52 ab 1.62
PS + F 170.3 3.28 b 1.57
F 173.1 3.26 b 1.62
EFB 173.8 3.48 ab 1.65
EFB + F 176.3 3.53 ab 1.6
DEFB + F 171.7 3.69 a 1.59
120 Tester 183.7 abc 2.88 c 1.41 b
PS 188.9 a 3.05 abc 1.55 a
PS + F 180.5 bc 2.99 b 1.41 b
PS + F 180.5 bc 2.99 bc 1.41 b
F 179.2 c 3.03 abc 1.43 ab
EFB 186.1 ab 3.13 ab 1.45 ab
EFB + F 183.0 abc 3.17 ab 1.47 a
DEFB + F 184.6 abc 3.24 a 1.55 a
240 Tester 198.2 a 3.62 b 1.92 ab 2.44b
PS 194.5 a 3.80 ab 2.04 a 2.66 a
PS + F 189.5 ab 3.72 ab 1.93 ab 2.63 a
F 189.1 ab 3.59 b 1.91 ab 2.61 a
EFB 192.5 ab 3.76 ab 1.89 ab 2.53 ab
EFB + F 180.4 b 3.82 a 1.76 b 2.52 ab
DEFB + F 182.8 b 3.70 ab 1.81 b 2.65 a
360 Tester 246.1 c 4.61 c 2.82 b 3.78 bc
PS 263.2 ab 4.94 abc 3.08 a 3.90 abc
PS + F 258.7 ab 4.92 abc 2.89 ab 4.00 a
F 258.5 ab 4.87 abc 2.93 ab 4.02 a
EFB 251.2 bc 4.65 bc 2.79 b 3.72 c
EFB + F 255.0 ab 4.97 ab 2.86 ab 3.95 ab
DEFB + F 264.5 a 5.14 a 3.01 a 4.05 a

* DAT= days after treatment application. 

Values within a column followed by the a same letter are not significantly different by the t test (P<0.05).