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Hubungan Antara Karakter Morfologi Dan Fisiologi Perkembangan Buah Kelapa Sawit (Elaeis Guineensis Jacq) Dengan Komponen Hasil Dan Waktu Panen
This study proposed to determine the relationship between the morphological and physiological character during the development of oil palm fruit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) with yield components and harvest time. The results obtained are useful for determining the pattern of oil palm fruit development, the composition of fat at various levels of fruit development and for looking for suitable fruit harvesting criterion on oil palm plants. This research was carried out by a field survey on the 7 years old oil palm plantations. Ninety plant samples which having bloomed female flowers were chosen at random. Fruit bunches developed fron the plant samples were taken every 15 days beginning from 30 days after pollination (DAP) to 120 DAP, then every 5 days from 120 DAP until 185 DAP to obtain 20 sample fruit developmental stage. From every sample, we observed several parameters including fruit fresh weight, fruit dry weight, fruit volume, kernel volume, moisture concentration of the fruit, oil concentration in fruit mesocarp and free fatty acid. The results showed that except for fruit moisture content, almost all values of the traits increased as the fruit grew older, but decreased slightly after reaching its maximum value. The pattern of fresh weight and dry weight development of oil palm fruit is inversely correlated to the moisture content of the fruit. Total fat content of fruit mesocarp at the age of 30 DAP was very low, then increased steadily until 170 DAP. The levels of free fatty acids started to appear beginning at 75 DAP and continued to increase until 185 DAP. All parameters observed were positively correlated with each other, however fruit water content was negatively correlated to all parameters. The development of fruit reaches its maximum value when fruit aged 170 to 175 DAP, so this point can be used for proper harvesting time in oil palm plants.
Keywords : Palm Oil, Fruit Morphology, Fruit Physiology and Harvest Time.
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