Elaeis oleifera x Elaeis guineensis 

• Thematic area:
• Planting material and genetic breeding
• Productive system:
• Oil palm
• Geographic coverage:

• Pacific and Caribbean region

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Description

This hybrid offered for small and medium-sized palm producers results from crossing cerete-type Noli mothers and Yangambi-type Pisiferas fathers or Deli-type Duras parents. They show high tolerance to bud rot, early flowering between 18 and 22 months after planting in the field, and inflorescences in anthesis exposed in more than 60%, facilitating artificial pollination and cluster formation. With good agronomic management, the hybrid expresses potential productivity between 25 and 35 tons of fresh fruit bunches per hectare per year in the fifth year of production.

When carrying out assisted or artificial pollination, the proportion of parthenocarpic fruits (seedless) in the bunch can exceed 50% with pollen. With applications of alpha naphthaleneacetic acid (ANA), these can reach 99% of the bunch. In addition, the weight of the bunches increases between 30% to 50%, and its conformation is favored since there are low failure rates between 0.2% and 2.8%. With the application of the optimal harvest point for the cutting of bunches in stages 807 and 809 plus assisted pollination (pollen or ANA), this hybrid has the potential to achieve an industrial oil extraction rate of up to 26.3%, corresponding to a productive potential of 7.6 tons per hectare of crude palm oil.

For the O×G AGROSAVIA ELMIRA hybrid, a planting density of 115 palms per hectare is recommended in a triangle at a distance of 10 meters between palms.

Its use is recommended for the departments of Nariño, Atlántico, Cesar, La Guajira, and Magdalena.

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Germinated and differentiated seeds and palms from 3 to 12 months in the nursery.

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Associated publications

• Brochure: Híbrido interespecífico O×G Corpoica ELMIRA de palma de aceite: una alternativa de producción para zonas afectadas por pudrición del cogollo [Interspecific oil palm hybrid O×G Corpoica ELMIRA: a production alternative for areas affected by bud rot]. 
• Scientific article: Annular spot and chlorotic ring spot in Elaeis guineensis and OxG hybrids at the nursery stage in Tumaco, Colombia.
• Scientific article: Descripción de síntomas de mancha anular en el híbrido interespecífico de palma aceitera (Elaeis oleifera x Elaeis guineensis) [Description of ringspot symptoms in the interspecific oil palm hybrid (Elaeis oleifera x Elaeis guineensis)].
• Scientific article: Estandarización de una metodología para germinar semillas del híbrido interespecífico Elaeis oleifera H.B.K. x Elaeis guineensis Jaq [Standardization of a methodology to germinate seeds of the interspecific hybrid Elaeis oleifera H.B.K. x Elaeis guineensis Jaq.].
• Scientific article: Evaluación de la presencia de insectos asociados con la polinización del híbrido interespecífico Elaeis oleífera tipo Cereté x Elaeis guineensis tipo Deli y sus parentales [Evaluation of the presence of insects associated with pollination of the interspecific hybrid Elaeis oleifera type Cereté x Elaeis guineensis type Deli and their parents].
• Scientific article: Híbrido OxG CORPOICA ELMIRA de palma de aceite. Avances en el desarrollo de materiales genéticos resistentes a la PC [Oil palm hybrid OxG CORPOICA ELMIRA. Progress in the development of genetic materials resistant to PC].
• Capítulo de libro: Pruebas agronómicas para certificar la tolerancia de los híbridos OxG a pudrición del cogollo, fase I híbridos interespecíficos en la zona palmera de Tumaco [Agronomic tests to certify the tolerance of OxG hybrids to bud rot, phase I interspecific hybrids in the Tumaco palm zone].

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