About the Book
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.
Table of Contents:
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
About the Author :
Aik Chin Soh, Sean Mayes, Jeremy A. Roberts
Review :
"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
