Crossing in oil palm : a manual / Umi Setiawati [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Setiawati, Umi, author.

Series:

Techniques in plantation science series.

Techniques in Plantation Science Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil palm--Mutation breeding.

Oil palm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2018]

Summary:

This is a practical guide to crossing in oil palm for both breeding and genetic studies as well as commercial seed production. Crossing is used extensively in the production of commercial seedand crossing activities are therefore central to breeding strategies that aim to maximise success, safeguard purity and provide high quality products.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Techniques in Plantation Science Series

Title

Copyright

Series Foreword - Techniques in Plantation Science

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Introduction

1.1 History of Oil Palm Cultivation and Crop Facts

1.2 History of Oil Palm Breeding

1.3 Biology and Genetics of Oil Palm

1.4 Pollen Biology of Oil Palm

1.5 Embryo Sac Biology of Oil Palm

1.6 Fertilization of Oil Palm

1.7 Germplasm

1.8 Target Traits

1.9 Commercial Crossing

References

2 Health and Safety Considerations

2.1 Health and Safety in the Field

2.2 Health and Safety in the Laboratory

Reference

3 Pollen Collection and Storage

3.1 Tools

3.2 Materials

3.3 Methods

4 Pollen Viability Testing

4.1 Tools

4.2 Reagents

4.3 Methods

5 Isolation of the Female Inflorescence

5.1 Tools and Materials

5.2 Reagents

5.3 Methods

6 Pollination

6.1 Tools

6.2 Reagents

6.3 Methods

7 Commercial Tenera Production

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786395931

1786395932