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Two elite coconut planting materials produced through hybridization by United Plantations Berhad
FEATURES
Both these dwarf x tall hybrids have the following agronomic characteristics: Robust & vigorous growth Early bearing - commence flowering at 36 months and harvest at 48 months
Very high nut yield - 25,000 - 30,000 nuts per hectare per year Versatile in usage - tender nuts for drinking, ripe nuts for desiccated coconut, coconut milk and cream, copra etc.
Yield Potential
Yield Profile f s compared with Malayan Talls under ptimal agromanagement
tation
or MAWA and MATAG Hybrido
at United Plan s Bhd
No. of Nuts/Hectare/Year Copra/H r (Tonnes) a/YeaYears from Planting MAWA MATAG MALAYAN
TALL MAWA MA N MATAG LAYATALL
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
16,200
14,300
20,500
19,100
18,600
27,200
25,300
28,600
26,700
30,500
28,600
30,500
28,600
30,500
28,600
30,500
28,600
9,600
14,200
21,000
22,000
18,000
26,000
27,600
28,000
29,200
30,800
28,000
30,800
28,000
30,000
28,000
30,000
28,000
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1,150
3,850
5,000
6,900
8,500
9,200
7,700
9,300
8,500
9,300
8,500
9,300
8,500
9,300
8,500
9,300
3.40
3.00
4.31
4.01
3.91
5.71
5.31
6.01
5.61
6.41
6.01
6.41
6.01
6.41
6.01
6.41
6.01
2.40
3.55
5.25
5.50
4.50
6.50
6.90
7.00
7.30
7.70
7.00
7.70
7.00
7.50
7.00
7.50
-
0.30
1.00
1.30
1.80
2.21
2.39
2.00
2.42
2.21
2.42
2.21
2.42
2.21
2.42
2.21
7.00 2.42
Mean over 1st 6 years of harvest
19,317 18,467 5,080 4.06 4.62 1.32
Mean over 7-17 years of harvest
28,819 28,945 8,855 6.06 7.24 2.30
Char tics o ybri
acteris f the H ds
Paramete M AWAr MATAG MAL ALL AYAN T
Av. Fruit Wt (g)
Av. Nut Wt (g)
Dry Albumen/Fruit (g)
% Oil to Dry Albumen
1,170
750
210
67.5
1,540 1,850
1,085 1,100
250 260
66.0 68.0
Our Company United Plantations Berhad is one of the major Plantation Groups in Malaysia
Our Research Department
United Plantations B n Jendarata Estate is an integrat d commercial
• United Plantations Bhd. has, since 1913 maintained an interest in coconut cultivation. • We are the pioneers in t WA and MATAG
hybrids. • We are recognized as a produ g materials since 1974. • Our 2 coconut plantations coverin e the potential to produce 80
million nuts a year, equivalent to oduction.
For furt ontact: Research Department
United Plantations Berhad 36009 Teluk Intan
PERAK, MALAYSIA Tel: 05-6411411 Fax: 05-6411876
E-mail: [email protected]
listed on the Main Board of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S. The Company's core business is in the cultivation of and processing of oil palms and coconut. The group comprises of 12 estates located in and around the lower Perak District.
erhad's Research Department (U.P.R.D.), located ied component of the group with a fully equippe
Tissue Culture laboratory. The Department's activities are applied research, advisory services and the production of quality planting materials of oil palms, coconuts and
bananas.
Our achievement in coconut:
he production and cultivation of the MA
cer of quality hybrid planting 3000 hectares hav
20% of the national pr
her information please c
