Bunch Yield Components: The frequency distribution of
the progenies with respect to number of harvested
bunches (BN) is shown in Fig 1. All the progenies had
frequencies that approximated normal distribution and
were characterized with similar mean values. The view of the
distribution showed strong tendencies towards low BN, high BN
as the progeny means were lower than those of the
parents in all the crosses. Transgressive segregation was
observed for average bunch weight (ABW).The mean
ABW of the progenies exceeded those of the parents in
the crosses (Fig. 2). Differences among the progenies
were appreciably large with the NIFOR ex Serdang
Avenue Deli having the smallest range of 1 - 20kg with a
mean 10.1kg. With respect to fresh fruit bunch (FFB),
all the progenies maintained a trend similar to BN (Fig. 3).
The mean FFB in all the progenies were lower than the
means of their respective patents. The Equador Deli had
the highest FFB yield range of 1-105kg/p/yr, with a mean
of 41.85kg/p/yr.
Fruit and Bunch Quality Components: The fruit to bunch
(F/B) ratio in the progenies averaged lower than the
means of their respective parents (Fig.4). However, NIFOR
ex UP Malaya and NIFOR ex Serdang Avenue x La Me
Deli showed extreme segregation with a mean of 68.8. Similar trend was observed for all the progenies with
respect to mesocarp to fruit (M/F) ratio (Fig.5). Ulu Remis