RE: Elaeis guineensis Oil Palm as a material of agronomic and economic interest of the Arecaceae family

Greetings friend @gentleshaid, the situation in Venezuela is similar to that of Nigeria, here we were producers of Acaitera Palm, however, production has collapsed in the last 3 decades mainly due to disinterest and little government action. In relation to the seed and germination, in our case we received commercial material from Costa Rica, and to be able to deal with the difficulty of germination due to the lignification of the endocardium, the germination process is usually induced, applying a natural drying process until 20% humidity is achieved, then they are submitted to thermal treatment for a period of 6 weeks at 40°C, later they are taken to plastic chambers with controlled humidity at 80%.