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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Oil Palm Crop / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts -- chapter 2 The Plant and Crop / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts -- chapter 3 Genetic Resources / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts Nookiah Rajanaidu Amiruddin Mohd Din Marjuni Marhalil Abdullah Norziha Ong-Abdullah Meilina Ahmad Malike Fadila Abu Bakar Nor Azwani Libin Adelinna Anak Yaakub Zulkifli Suzana Mustafa Maizura Binti Ithnin Ahmad Kushairi Din Edson Barcelos Philippe Amblard -- chapter 4 Plant Genetics / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts -- chapter 5 Objective Traits / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts Kees Breure Benoît Cochard Bruno Nouy Richard M. Cooper Hubert de Franqueville Claude Louise Shenyang Chin -- chapter 6 Breeding Plans and Selection Methods / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts David Cros Razak Purba -- chapter 7 Breeding Programs and Genetic Progress / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts Nicolas Philippe Daniel Turnbull Tristan Durand-Gasselin Benoît Cochard Choo Kien Wong Tatang Kusnadi Yayan Juhyana -- chapter 8 Clonal Propagation / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts Ong-Abdullah Meilina Siew Eng Ooi Ahmad Tarmizi Hashim Zamzuri Ishak Samsul Kamal Rosli Wei Chee Wong Chin Nee Choo Sau Yee Kok Nuraziyan Azimi Norashikin Sarpan -- chapter 9 Molecular Genetics and Breeding / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts Noorhariza Mohd Zaki Maria Madon Trude Schwarzacher Pat Heslop-Harrison Maizura Binti Ithnin Amiruddin Mohd Din Umi Salamah Ramli Abrizah Othman Yaakub Zulkifli Leslie Eng Ti Low Meilina Ong-Abdullah Rajinder Singh Chee Keng Teh Qi Bin Kwong Ai Ling Ong Mohaimi Mohamed Sukganah Apparow Fook Tim Chew David Ross Appleton Harikrishna Kulaveerasingam Huey Fang Teh Katharina Mebus Bee Keat Neoh Tony Eng Keong Ooi Yick Ching Wong David Cros -- chapter 10 Elaeis oleifera × Elaeis guineensis Interspecific Hybrid Improvement / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts Edson Barcelos Philippe Amblard Amancio Alvarado Jeremy Henry Alvarado Ricardo Escobar Kandha Sritharan Mohan Subramaniam Xaviar Arulandoo -- chapter 11 Commercial Planting Material Production / Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts Choo Kien Wong Chin Nee Choo Wei Chee Wong Cheng Chua Tan Abdul Razak Purba Aik Chin Soh -- chapter 12 Field Experimentation / Rob Verdooren Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts -- chapter 13 Future Prospects / Aik Chin Soh Sean Mayes Jeremy Roberts Tasren Mahamooth Denis J. Murphy Sue Walker Asha S. Karunaratne Erik Murchie John Foulkes Marcel de Raissac Raphael Perez Denis Fabre Kah Joo Goh Chin Kooi Ong Hereward Corley |
| Summary |
"The oil palm is a remarkable crop, producing around 40% of the world's vegetable oil from around 6% of the land devoted to oil crops. Conventional breeding has clearly been the major focus of genetic improvement in this crop. A mix of improved agronomy and management, coupled with breeding selection have quadrupled the oil yield of the crop since breeding began in earnest in the 1920s. However, as for all perennial crops with long breeding cycles, oil palm faces immense challenges in the coming years with increased pressure from population growth, climate change and the need to develop environmentally sustainable oil palm plantations. In Oil Palm: Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, world leading organizations and individuals who have been at the forefront of developments in this crop, provide their insights and experiences of oil palm research, while examining the different challenges that face the future of the oil palm. The editors have all been involved in research and breeding of oil palm for many years and use their knowledge of the crop and their disciplinary expertise to provide context and to introduce the different research topics covered."--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 31, 2017) |
| Subject |
Oil palm -- Breeding
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GARDENING -- Fruit.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Oil palm -- Breeding
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Soh, Aik Chin, editor.
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Mayes, Sean, 1967- editor.
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Roberts, J. A. (Jeremy A.), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351646048 |
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1351646044 |
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9781315119724 |
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1315119722 |
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9781498715454 |
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1498715451 |
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