Table 3. Yield and vegetative differences between compact progenies of the third back cross cycle (BC3)

BC3 Cross Type Progenies Palms FFB BN BW O/ha Ti Ti dif. LL LL dif.
Compact x AVROS 3 144 134.9 18.4 7.4 6.6 56 (9) 657 (73)
Deli x Compact 8 384 122.7 14.5 8.6 6.3 59 (6) 637 (93)
Compact x Ekona 4 192 158.8 24.0 6.6 7.5 47 (19) 664 (67)
Compact x La Me 2 96 127.6 20.8 6.2 6.1 46 (19) 658 (72)
BC3 Population 17 816 134.6 18.3 7.6 6.6 54 (11) 650 (80)
DxP Tester 10 480 129.3 14.3 9.1 5.7 65   730  
LSD (P<0.05)     23.4 3 0.3 1.5 6   32  

        BC = backcross cycle; FFB = fresh fruit bunch production in kg/palm/year; BN = bunch number/palm/year; BW = bunch weight in kg; O/ha = oil production in tons/ha/year; Ti = trunk increment in cm/year; Ti dif. = trunk increment difference with the DxP tester in cm. LL = leaf length in cm; LL dif. = leaf length difference with the DxP tester in cm.