Thomas Varghese, P.Nampoothiri, K.U.K.2014-07-312014-07-312007http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4447Oil palm,, a native of West Africa, is essentialy a tropical crop. Most of the research work on the crop has been carried out in African countries and in Malaysia. Studies conducted on the effect of rainfall, dry spell, sunshine hours, temperature and soil moisture on oil palm yield have direct relevance to Indian situation.enArticle