Table 2. Overall means, minima, maxima, and
coefficients of variation of GCA-values per trait of all 225 dura
and 50 pisifera parents of Experiment 3, along with the mean
values per origin of the parents of the dura lines from
Experiment 1 and all 50 pisifera palms. Per pisifera
origin, the trait values of the palm with the highest value for oil
yield (or Elite palm) are presented
Parental
sources
| Bunch yield (kg/palm per year)
| %
Mesocarp/
fruit
| %
Oil/
mesocarp
| %
Oil /
bunch
| Oil yield
(kg/palm
per year)
| Bunch
index
| Height
(cm)
| Leaf area
(m²)
| Leaf area
/Leaf weight
ratio
| Rachis
lenght (cm)
|
| Dura
parents |
| Mean (n=225) |
120 |
79.4 |
50.7 |
26.6 |
31.9 |
0.534 |
141 |
5.04 |
2.70 |
377 |
| Minimum |
100 |
73.6 |
43.6 |
21.0 |
24.3 |
0.473 |
111 |
4.32 |
2.30 |
339 |
| Maximum |
130 |
85.1 |
55.0 |
29.5 |
38.2 |
0.592 |
179 |
5.88 |
2.89 |
421 |
| CV (%) |
6.0 |
2.5 |
3.4 |
5.2 |
8.0 |
3.6 |
8.9 |
5.4 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
| Parents of Expt. 1 |
| CV (%) |
6.7 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
4.9 |
8.2 |
4.3 |
9.2 |
5.2 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
| |
| Dami (n=45) |
122 |
79.9 |
50.3 |
26.7 |
28.1 |
0.538 |
139 |
5.01 |
2.68 |
373 |
| Chemara (n=24) |
117 |
79.4 |
51.3 |
26.8 |
27.7 |
0.519 |
148 |
5.19 |
2.70 |
392 |
| H & C (n=8) |
122 |
78.9 |
51.1 |
26.9 |
28.3 |
0.524 |
150 |
5.23 |
2.64 |
386 |
| Mardi (n=5) |
120 |
81.5 |
53.4 |
28.0 |
29.4 |
0.541 |
133 |
5.00 |
2.72 |
375 |
| |
| Pisifera parents |
| Mean (n=50) |
120 |
79.4 |
50.7 |
26.6 |
31.9 |
0.534 |
141 |
5.04 |
2.70 |
377 |
| Minimum |
109 |
71.1 |
47.7 |
24.8 |
27.6 |
0.488 |
108 |
4.19 |
2.49 |
344 |
| Maximum |
135 |
83.8 |
54.0 |
28.0 |
35.6 |
0.570 |
173 |
5.69 |
2.95 |
423 |
| CV (%) |
4.5 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
5.4 |
3.6 |
10.5 |
6.3 |
3.9 |
3.4 |
| |
| AVROS |
117 |
81.5 |
49.1 |
26.4 |
30.9 |
0.518 |
152 |
5.19 |
2.68 |
381 |
| Elite |
123 |
83.4 |
49.6 |
26.2 |
32.2 |
0.511 |
165 |
5.53 |
2.66 |
387 |
| |
| -HC (n=6) |
116 |
81.0 |
49.3 |
26.3 |
30.7 |
0.529 |
153 |
4.98 |
2.69 |
373 |
| -C9212 (n=4) |
118 |
81.8 |
49.0 |
26.4 |
31.1 |
0.512 |
151 |
5.34 |
2.67 |
385 |
| |
| Yangambi (n=4) |
121 |
75.8 |
53.3 |
27.3 |
32.9 |
0.528 |
145 |
4.94 |
2.68 |
380 |
| Elite |
120 |
74.0 |
53.8 |
27.8 |
33.3 |
0.523 |
139 |
4.67 |
2.75 |
377 |
| |
| La Mé (n=1) |
116 |
76.4 |
50.5 |
25.5 |
29.6 |
0.554 |
131 |
4.79 |
2.79 |
390 |
| |
| Dami comp (n=5) |
118 |
79.7 |
49.6 |
26.2 |
31.1 |
0.541 |
124 |
4.57 |
2.58 |
358 |
| Elite |
123 |
79.4 |
49.4 |
26.9 |
33.1 |
0.534 |
125 |
4.88 |
2.54 |
364 |
| |
| Ekona (n=10) |
121 |
77.9 |
51.6 |
26.1 |
31.8 |
0.541 |
130 |
5.05 |
2.74 |
382 |
| Elite |
128 |
76.2 |
52.4 |
26.9 |
34.4 |
0.547 |
134 |
5.33 |
2.74 |
383 |
| |
| Ghana (n=9) |
119 |
78.8 |
51.0 |
27.2 |
32.4 |
0.535 |
147 |
4.89 |
2.64 |
375 |
| Elite |
128 |
81.6 |
50.2 |
27.6 |
35.1 |
0.544 |
173 |
5.22 |
2.74 |
383 |
| |
| Nigeria (n=6) |
127 |
80.0 |
51.6 |
26.9 |
34.2 |
0.553 |
136 |
5.32 |
2.87 |
379 |
| Elite-1 |
128 |
79.7 |
53.6 |
27.8 |
35.6 |
0.570 |
114 |
5.03 |
2.89 |
368 |
| Elite-2 |
135 |
81.7 |
50.5 |
26.3 |
35.6 |
0.551 |
122 |
5.69 |
2.88 |
389 |
| |
|