Jurnal Biologi Udayana
Vol 17 No 2 (2013): Jurnal Biologi

THE DIVERSITY OF EPIPHYTIC FERN ON THE OIL PALM TREE (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) IN PEKANBARU, RIAU

Nery Sofiyanti (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Dec 2013

Abstract

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is one  main commodity in Riau Province. Morphologically, the trunk of oil palm  has suitable environment for the growth of epiphytic fern, due to its broaden base of petiole that may accumulate organic and anorganic debrish. The objective of this study was to investigate the diversity of epiphytic fern on the oil palm tree. A total of 125 oil palm trees from seven  study sites in Pekanbaru, Riau were observed. The number of epiphytic ferns identified in this study was 16 species belongs to six families.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

BIO

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

Description

Jurnal Biologi Udayana (p-ISSN 1410-5292 | e-ISSN 2599-2856 | DOI 10.24843/jbiounud) managed by the Department of Biology, Udayana University, published in two formats namely print and online regularly twice a year (June and ...