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Partitioning of Dry Matter and Nutrients in Oil Palm Seedlings Grown in Polybags

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

E. O. Lucas ,
D. O. Ataga  and
G. O. Thomas
E. O. Lucas
Affiliation:
The Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, PMB 1030, Benin City, Nigeria
D. O. Ataga
Affiliation:
The Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, PMB 1030, Benin City, Nigeria
G. O. Thomas
Affiliation:
The Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, PMB 1030, Benin City, Nigeria
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Summary

Monthly partitioning of dry matter (DM) and nutrient contents of polybag oil palm nursery seedlings, planted at three spacings, showed that leaves and petioles accounted for about half of the DM up to 11 months. There was no spacing effect on the nutrient contents of seedlings, K being always higher than other nutrients followed by N, Ca, Mg and P in that order. Most of the nutrients were in the leaves and petioles, with a dramatic increase in the amount of nutrient taken up by the seedlings in November. Fertilizer rates and frequencies were deduced for an oil palm nursery based on the nutrient contents of seedlings.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 361 - 368
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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