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Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm

Paperback
December 2018
9781786396211
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  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    31st December 2018
  • ISBN 9781786396211
  • Language English
  • Pages 96 pp.
  • Size 6.125" x 9.5"
$32.90

This is a practical guide to mutation breeding in oil palm, representing completely novel work supported by the Joint FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Section (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 a range of key activities in mutation induction, mutation detection and mutant line development in oil palm.

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: mutation breeding, induction and detection in oil palm; mutant line/plant development in oil palm; and novel traits in oil palm improvement.

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.

1: Introduction to Oil Palm Mutation Breeding
2: Health and Safety Considerations and Guidelines
3: Radio-sensitivity Testing
4: Options for Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm
5: Protocol for Developing Mutant Generations for Mutant Screening
6: Services in Irradiation Treatments

Fazrin Nur

Fazrin Nur is with Verdant Bioscience, Indonesia.

Brian P. Forster

Brian P. Forster is with Verdant Bioscience, Indonesia.

Samuel A. Osei

Samuel A. Osei is with the Oil Palm Research Institute, Ghana.

Samuel Amiteye

Samuel Amiteye is at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission.

Jennifer Ciomas

Jennifer Ciomas is at Verdant Bioscience, Indonesia.

Soeranto Hoeman

Soeranto Hoeman is at the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN), Indonesia.

Ljupcho Jankuloski

Ljupcho Jankuloski is currently Technical Officer in Plant Breeding and Genetics at the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of the United Nations. Ljupcho is a plant breeder/geneticist, and prior to his IAEA role he was Associate Professor of Plant Genetics and Breeding at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia.