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A practical genome-enabled legitimacy assay for oil palm breeding and seed production.
BMC plant biology - 5 Nov 2019
Teh Chee-Keng, Lee Heng-Leng, Abidin Hafiza, Ong Ai-Ling, Mayes Sean, Chew Fook-Tim, Appleton David
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BACKGROUND: Legitimacy in breeding and commercial crop production depends on optimised protocols to ensure purity of crosses and correct field planting of material. In oil palm, the presence of three fruit forms permits these assumptions to be tested, although only after field planting. The presence of incorrect fruit forms in a cross is a clear sign of illegitimacy. Given that tenera forms produce 30% more oil...
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