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Examines the impact of plant density on yield in oil palm, suggesting optimal growth conditions.
SUMMARY Crop growth rate of oil palm increases with leaf area index (LAI) to about 40 tons/ha./yr at the highest LAIs obtained. Net assimilation rate and dry matter production per palm decrease with increasing LAI, but the amount of dry matter per palm incorporated in vegetative tissues is unaffected by density. As a result the optimal LAI for oil yield is considerably below the critical LAI for maximum crop growth rate.
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R. H. V. Corley (1973) studied this question.
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