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    FLOWERING OF DURIAN TREES TRACED

    Sep 08, 2020 4 minutes
    Dr Chai Ee Wen

    urian flowers usually bloom when vegetative growth slows down or temporarily ceases. Generally, Malaysia being located at north of the Equator, with tropical climate, hot and humid weather all year round, should very well optimize the growth and yield of durian. However, climate change in recent years has led to changes in the durian growth environment. For example, the heavy rainfall in the previous year has caused low yield in durian. Whereas the four-months dry weather in the first half of year 2019 resulted in continuous flowering and fruiting with 3 periods of flowering being observed in a short

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