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Oil Palm

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Transgenic Crops VI

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 61))

Abstract

The oil palm is the most productive of all oil crops, with an average oil yield of about 4 t ha--1 year--1. Palm oil is now the largest source of edible oil in the world, becoming the chief rival of soybean oil. Progress in oil palm breeding will rely on the association of neutral and gene molecular markers with selected phenotypic characters for the implementation of marker-assisted selection. Micropropagation using embryogenic cell suspensions now paves the way for oil multiplication strategies. By isolating genes underlying the mantled abnormality, early markers will help to elucidate epigenetic changes causing this somaclonal variation and enable the development of an early testing procedure for clonal conformity.Genetic engineering is emerging as a powerful tool for oil palm improvement, as it is continuously benefiting from rapid progresses in plant regeneration, transformation technology and gene discovery.

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(2007). Oil Palm. In: Pua, EC., Davey, M. (eds) Transgenic Crops VI. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 61. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71711-9_4

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