Mutation breeding in oil palm : a manual / Fazrin Nur, Brian P. Forster, Samuel A. Osei, Samuel Amiteye, Jennifer Ciomas, Soeranto Hoeman, Ljupcho Jankuloski.
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.
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.
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