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Table 2. Number of lower leaves desiccated during the dry season in 4 year-old palms planted in an area with severe water deficit (estimated at 700 mm.year). Sam Mateo, Costa Rica. |
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| AVROS | Calabar | Ekona | La Mé | Mobai | Tanzania | Yangambi | Mean | |
| Angola | 4.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | NA | 10.0 | 7.2 |
| Bamenda | 7.0 | 11.0 | NA | 1.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 6.4 | |
| Deli Dura | 10.0 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 |
| Deli x Ekona | NA | 11.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Tanzania | NA | 21.0 | 18.0 | 8.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | ||
| Malawi | 4.0 | |||||||
| Mean | 7.0 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 8.9 |
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