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Mutation breeding in oil palm : a manual / Fazrin Nur [and six others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nur, Fazrin, author.
- Series:
- Techniques in plantation science series ; 4.
- Techniques in Plantation Science Series ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oil palm--Mutation breeding.
- Oil palm.
- Plant mutation breeding.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (88 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2018]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction to oil palm mutation breeding
- Health and safety considerations and guidelines
- Radio-sensitivity testing
- Options for mutation breeding in oil palm
- Protocol for developing mutant generations for mutant screening
- Services in irradiation treatments.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781786396235
- 1786396238
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