Nutrition: Conclusions

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The annual B requirement of oil palm increases rapidly and reaches a peak at six years after planting. B is mainly needed for the canopy development and fresh fruit bunch production. Majority of the absorbed B is phloem immobile but there is an indication that B in the petiole and rachis of old leaf is phloem mobile. By the time of replanting, B immobilized in the stem is sufficient to meet B requirement of oil palm in its first four years of growth and production. A management strategy is therefore required to recycle this substantial amount of B to the next generation of oil palm.