Plantation Crops

Sex ratio in oil palm

Sex ratio in oil palm is defined as the number of female inflorescence over the total number of inflorescences produced for a given period
Sex ratio = No. Of female inflorescence X100 /Total no. Of inflorescence (i.e., male + female)
There are three different types of oil palm namely dura, pisifera and tenera based on their fruit forms. The significant differences among the three types are the presence or absence of shell and the thickness of shell.