Table 1. Overall means, minima, maxima, and coefficients of variation (CV) of the phenotypic values with respect to the selection traits. The upper panel provides results from the 90 dura lines (Experiment 1), along with the means and standard deviations (s.d.) per main origin. The lower panel provides the results of the 20 tenera × pisifera families (Experiment 2), along with the means and ranges per origin. The lowest line presents data from Family 13 of the Nigeria origin

Parental
sources
Bunch yield
(kg/palm
per year)
%
Mesocarp/
fruit
%
Oil/
mesocarp
%
Oil /
bunch
Bunch
index
Height
(cm)
Leaf area
(m²)
Leaf area
/Leaf weight
 ratio
% Crown
disease
Dura lines (Expt.1)
Mean (n=90) 96 63.0 48.0 20.3 0.389 269 6.55 2.69 30.1
Minimun 73 56.9 41.4 16.1 0.261 195 5.28 2.12 0
Maximun 125 68.7 55.0 24.0 0.470 354 7.67 3.07 98.4
CV (%)* 10.2 3.6 6.7 8.3 10.0 13.0 7.6 7.9 85.1
 
Dami (n=45) 97 62.7 46 19.5 0.399 256 6.41 2.71 40.7
s.d.** 9.0 2.5 2.0 1.4 0.035 9.0 0.46 0.36 27
 
Chemara (n=24) 97 63.3 51 21.5 0.379 286 6.75 2.66 13.2
s.d. 10.0 1.7 1.9 1.3 0.046 13.0 0.5 0.3 17.5
 
H&C (n=8) 95 64.6 47.7 20.4 0.373 289 6.84 2.57 33.6
s.d. 13.0 1.2 3.0 1.4 0.037 7.0 0.5 0.4 18.6
 
Mardi (n=5) 92 63.3 52.2 22.9 0.387 277 6.40 2.76 25.9
s.d. 5.0 2.9 1.7 1.0 0.022 6.0 0.3 0.3 7.9
 
TxP families (Expt. 2)
Mean (n=20) 86 83.9 53.6 26.8 0.419 160 6.48 2.97 19.3
Minimum 63 77.4 47.1 21.4 0.330 116 4.44 2.14 0
Maximum 98 88.7 57.6 32.3 0.469 223 7.98 3.43 62.5
CV (%) 11.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 13.2 28.0 12.4 10.4 83.5
 
AVROS (n=3) 67 86.3 47.5 22.5 0.367 184 6.8 3.04 42.2
Range 63-69 82.7-88.7 47.1-48.2 21.4-24.6 0.330-0.401 176-193 6.45-7.03 2.95-3.08 12.5-62.5
 
Dami comp (n=5) 90 83.2 53.2 27.4 0.418 141 5.67 2.71 19.5
Range 85-93 81.0-84.5 51.8-54.0 24.8-29.5 0.401-0.437 133-164 4.44-6.21 2.14-2.95 10.9-33.3
 
Ekona (n=5) 91 81.2 55.9 25.6 0.424 147 7.34 3.08 7.8
Range 86-94 77.4-86.9 53.8-57.3 24.5-26.5 0.404-0.469 137-169 6.41-7.98 2.82-3.40 0.0-14.1
 
Ghana (n=4) 86 85.4 55.1 31.2 0.428 204 6.08 2.76 11.3
Range 79-93 83.1-87.3 53.8-57.3 30.5-32.3 0.415-0.445 193-223 5.65-6.46 2.71-2.84 4.7-17.2
 
Nigeria (n=3) 89 85.1 54.5 26.2 0.453 130 6.59 3.42 26.0
Range 78-98 83.3-86.4 52.2-57.6 25.1-27.5 0.434-0.469 116-142 6.40-6.74 3.41-3.43 10.9-35.9
Family 13 98 85.5 57.6 27.5 0.469 116 6.74 3.43 10.9

*   CV (%) = coeficient of variation (s.d./mean x 100)
** s.d.       = standard deviation