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Ekona x Deli Dura Materials: Promising High Oil-to-Bunch Dura Materials

Most South-east Asian oil palm seed producers currently use Deli dura as female seed palms to produce commercial seeds. This material is characterised by large bunches and high fresh fruit bunch (FFB) yield. SumBio’s Deli dura material usually has laboratory % oil-to-bunch (OB) of 18%-22%. SumBio is currently developing its dura breeding materials by introgressing […]

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Performance of SumBio Semi-clonal Progenies

The increasing world demand for palm oil has generated rapid growth in the oil palm industry throughout the humid tropics and particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia. Sumatra Bioscience (SumBio) is selecting semi-clonal crosses for potential commercial planting to achieve higher yields and greater uniformity. The greater uniformity is because it is realistic to plant a […]

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