Table 3. Number of bunches per palm produced during the first two years in several genotypes planted in an area with severe water deficit (estimated at 700 mm/year) in San Mateo, Central Pacific, Costa Rica.

Female Progenitor  
AVROS Calabar Ekona La Mé Mobai Tanzania Yangambi Mean
Angola 3.7 5.8 8.8 9.2 15.0 14.7 6.2 9.1
Bamenda 7.0 3.7   10.3 21.7 20.7 7.6 11.8
Deli Dura 3.9 6.8 5.0 11.1 11.4 15.6 6.0 8.5
Deli x Ekona 7.9 8.4   8.5 9.6   9.1 8.7
Tanzania 3.4 9.2   10.3 3.5   11.0 9.5
Malwi               14.2
Mean 5.2 6.8 6.9 9.9 14.2 17.0 8.0 10.3