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White Stripe Disorder of Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) in Malaysia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

J. A. Rajaratnam
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Summary

Oil palms with white stripe have greatly reduced yields. In the chlorotic areas of the leaflets, columnar palisade cells fail to develop and there is a reduction in air-space volume of the spongy mesophyll. Leaf area and photosynthetic activity are also reduced. Recovery of palms showing symptoms was spasmodic. The condition is discussed in relation to boron, to N/K ratio, polyphenols and availability of photosynthate.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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