Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm (eBook)

A Manual

Fazrin Nur, Brian Forster, Samual A. Osei, Samuel Amiteye, Jennifer Ciomas, Soeranto Hoeman, Ljupcho Jankuloski (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78639-623-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Oil palm is the top oil crop and the only major crop and only oil crop not to have been improved by plant mutation breeding. This manual is hands-on, providing step-by-step illustrated methods in a range of key activities in mutation induction, mutation detection and mutant line development in oil palm.

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This is a practical guide to mutation breeding in oil palm, representing completely novel work supported by the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division (Vienna, Austria). Oil palm is the top oil crop and the only major crop and only oil crop not to have been improved by plant mutation breeding. The manual is hands-on, providing step-by-step illustrated methods in mutation induction, mutation detection and mutant line development for oil palm improvement.

Presenting sound practices based on scientific innovation and knowledge, this guide provides techniques integrated with expertise and is authored by practitioners actively engaged in oil palm seed production and breeding. Promoting green, eco-friendly agriculture, this book features coverage of:

Radio-sensitivity testing

Challenges and opportunities for mutation breeding

Protocol for developing mutant generations for mutant screening

Services in irradiation treatments

The only available resource containing protocols and guidelines on how oil palm can be manipulated for mutation breeding, this book is essential reading for oil palm breeders, seed producers and plantation companies, oil palm traders, students and research institutes across the world. It provides a resource for training, a knowledge base for people new to oil palm and a reference guide for managers, to ensure best practices in maximising sustainability and production of this important crop.
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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.9.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Techniques in Plantation Science
• Reihe/Serie: Techniques in Plantation Science
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Brian Forster, Peter D. S. Caligari
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 1-78639-623-8 / 1786396238
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78639-623-5 / 9781786396235