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Table 1. Variation of some bunch components with
palm age in Deli x AVROS progenies, Coto, Costa Rica.
| Age (year) |
Fruit
to bunch |
Mesocarp
to fruit |
Oil to
mesocarp |
Kernel
to fruit |
Oil to
bunch |
Mean
bunch weight |
| 1990 (3) |
71.3 |
84.8 |
43.8 |
5.8 |
26.5 |
7.1 |
| 1991 (4) |
71.8 |
85.3 |
45.9 |
5.8 |
28.1 |
9.5 |
| 1992 (5) |
71.6 |
85.0 |
46.8 |
6.1 |
28.3 |
13.7 |
| 1993 (6) |
70.1 |
82.4 |
47.5 |
7.4 |
27.2 |
12.7 |
| 1994 (7) |
69.6 |
82.7 |
49.9 |
7.6 |
27.6 |
17.2 |
| 1995 (8) |
69.6 |
82.8 |
48.9 |
7.2 |
28.1 |
19.8 |
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