1st Edition

Oil Palm Breeding Genetics and Genomics

Edited By Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy A. Roberts Copyright 2017
    464 Pages 20 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    464 Pages 20 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    464 Pages 20 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    The oil palm is a remarkable crop, producing around 40% of the world’s vegetable oil from around 6% of the land devoted to oil crops. Conventional breeding has clearly been the major focus of genetic improvement in this crop. A mix of improved agronomy and management, coupled with breeding selection have quadrupled the oil yield of the crop since breeding began in earnest in the 1920s. However, as for all perennial crops with long breeding cycles, oil palm faces immense challenges in the coming years with increased pressure from population growth, climate change and the need to develop environmentally sustainable oil palm plantations.





    In Oil Palm: Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, world leading organizations and individuals who have been at the forefront of developments in this crop, provide their insights and experiences of oil palm research, while examining the different challenges that face the future of the oil palm. The editors have all been involved in research and breeding of oil palm for many years and use their knowledge of the crop and their disciplinary expertise to provide context and to introduce the different research topics covered.

    Contents

    Preface......................................................................................................................vii

    Acknowledgments......................................................................................................ix

    Editors........................................................................................................................xi

    Contributors............................................................................................................ xiii

    Chapter 1 Introduction to the Oil Palm Crop........................................................1

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, and Jeremy Roberts

    Chapter 2 The Plant and Crop................................................................................7

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, and Jeremy Roberts

    Chapter 3 Genetic Resources............................................................................... 19

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, Nookiah

    Rajanaidu, Amiruddin Mohd Din, Marjuni Marhalil, Abdullah

    Norziha, Ong-Abdullah Meilina, Ahmad Malike Fadila,

    Abu Bakar Nor Azwani, Libin Adelinna Anak, Yaakub Zulkifli,

    Ahmad Kushairi Din, Edson Barcelos, and Philippe Amblard

    Chapter 4 Plant Genetics...................................................................................... 57

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, and Jeremy Roberts

    Chapter 5 Objective Traits...................................................................................85

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, Kees Breure,

    Benoît Cochard, Bruno Nouy, Richard M. Cooper, Hubert de

    Franqueville, Claude Louise, and Shenyang Chin

    Chapter 6 Breeding Plans and Selection Methods............................................. 143

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, David Cros,

    and Abdul Razak Purba

    Chapter 7 Breeding Programs and Genetic Progress........................................ 165

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, Nicolas Philippe

    Daniel Turnbull, Tristan Durand-Gasselin, Benoît Cochard,

    Choo Kien Wong, Tatang Kusnadi, and Yayan Juhyana

    Chapter 8 Clonal Propagation............................................................................ 191

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, Ong-Abdullah

    Meilina, Siew Eng Ooi, Ahmad Tarmizi Hashim, Zamzuri

    Ishak, Samsul Kamal Rosli, Wei Chee Wong, Chin Nee Choo,

    Sau Yee Kok, Nuraziyan Azimi, and Norashikin Sarpan

    Chapter 9 Molecular Genetics and Breeding.....................................................225

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, Maizura

    Ithnin, Amiruddin Mohd Din, Umi Salamah Ramli, Abrizah

    Othman, Yaakub Zulkifli, Suzana Mustafa, Leslie Eng Ti Low,

    Ong-Abdullah Meilina, Rajinder Singh, Chee Keng Teh,

    Qi Bin Kwong, Ail Ling Ong, Mohaimi Mohamed, Sukganah

    Apparow, Fook Tim Chew, David Ross Appleton, Harikrishna

    Kulaveerasingam, Huey Fang Teh, Katharina Mebus, Bee Keat

    Neoh, Tony Eng Keong Ooi, Yick Ching Wong, David Cros,

    Noorhariza Mohd Zaki, Maria Madon, Trude Schwarzacher,

    and Pat Heslop-Harrison

    Chapter 10 Elaeis oleifera × Elaeis guineensis Interspecific Hybrid

    Improvement......................................................................................283

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, Edson Barcelos,

    Philippe Amblard, Amancio Alvarado, Jeremy Henry, Ricardo

    Escobar, Kandha Sritharan, Mohan Subramaniam, and

    Xaviar Arulandoo

    Chapter 11 Commercial Planting Material Production.......................................297

    Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, Choo Kien Wong, Chin Nee

    Choo, Wei Chee Wong, Cheng Chua Tan, Abdul Razak Purba,

    and Aik Chin Soh

    Chapter 12 Field Experimentation....................................................................... 327

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, and Rob Verdooren

    Chapter 13 Future Prospects................................................................................ 353

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy Roberts, Tasren

    Mahamooth, Denis Murphy, Sue Walker, Asha S. Karunaratne,

    Erik Murchie, John Foulkes, Marcel de Raissac, Raphael

    Perez, Denis Fabre, Kah Joo Goh, Chin Kooi Ong, and

    Hereward Corley

    Index....................................................................................................................... 425

    Biography

    Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy A. Roberts

    "This magnum opus is the outcome of the labour of love of the dedicated atuhors. It should be in the libraries of scientists, research insstitutes and organisations interested in oil palm improvement."

    --Gurdev S Khush, University of California, published in The Planter, Vol. 94, No. 1105, April 2018