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Characterizing haploinsufficiency of SHELL gene to improve fruit form prediction in introgressive hybrids of oil palm.
Scientific reports - 8 Jun 2017
Teh Chee-Keng, Muaz Siti Dalila, Tangaya Praveena, Fong Po-Yee, Ong Ai-Ling, Mayes Sean, Chew Fook-Tim, Kulaveerasingam Harikrishna, Appleton David
Abstract excerpt
The fundamental trait in selective breeding of oil palm (Eleais guineensis Jacq.) is the shell thickness surrounding the kernel. The monogenic shell thickness is inversely correlated to mesocarp thickness, where the crude palm oil accumulates. Commercial thin-shelled tenera derived from thick-shelled dura × shell-less pisifera generally contain 30% higher oil per bunch. Two mutations, sh MPOB (M1) and sh AVROS...
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