Capacity of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacquin) male inflorescences to host Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Derelominae). Comparison between two cultivars in northern Sumatra
During the 1980's, Elaeidobius kamerunicus, one of the oil palm pollinator species in Africa, was successfully introduced in Indonesia from Cameroon to improve oil palm production and reduce assisted pollination. It is now well known that E. kamerunicus completes its entire life cycle on the anthesis of the male inflorescences. However, for a long time, oil palm breeding programs have favoured…
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