The Shell gene is responsible for the oil palm's three known shell forms: dura (thick); pisifera (shell-less); and tenera (thin), a hybrid of dura and pisifera palms. Tenera palms contain one ...

In Malaysia, the high yielding tenera variety of Elaeis guineensis is the most commonly cultivated oil palm tree. Tenera is a cross between dura and pisifera. There are two types of oil produced ...

These imported de-shellers are designed to crack the plantation variety (tenera) of oil palm, and they are ineffective for smallholder palm (dura) because it has a thicker shell. After intense R&D ...

TANZANIA Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) has produced and distributed over 3 million Tenera hybrid palm oil variety ... that yields far more oil than locally dura variety that most farmers ...

In Uganda, oil palm is not a native crop though it has been grown as homestead decoration in homes and church premises for a long period of time. However, in the 1990’s Uganda government with ...