Oil palm breeding pdf files

Pdf the growth in the population of africa has led to high demand for vegetable oils, including palm oil, for both food and nonfood uses. A mix of improved agronomy and management, coupled with breeding selecti. The prospected oil palm breeding materials were planted using eight cubic lattice design on september, 1975 and identified as trial 0. The oil palm shell gene controls oil yield and encodes a homologue. In 1508 already reference has been made to palm groves in liberia, and to palm oil trade near the forcados river in nigeria. Harvesting of oil palm usually begins at 36 months after. Given that breeding can manage genetic variability in. Ii growth and production of oil palm willy verheye encyclopedia of life support systemseolss of trees appearing to be oil palms as early as 1434.

The oil palm is a remarkable crop, producing around 40% of the worlds vegetable oil from around 6% of the land devoted to oil crops. Oil palm is the top oil crop and the only major crop and only oil crop. The oil palm a crossfertilizing monoecious plant 5 x pisifera sterile dura tenera cultivated oil palm 6 palm oil food uses for more than 80 cosmetics industry detergents and cleaning products kernel palm oil chemical industry fuel industry 7 economic importance 35 of vegetable oil and fat production in 2008 5 of the areas devoted to. Genetic architecture of palm oil fatty acid composition in.

Effects of inbreeding on growth and yield of oil palm springerlink. As the oil palm is a very productive world average of 35 thayr of palm oil compared to less than 1 thayr of others oil world annual 2007 and profitable crop with versatile uses from its oils, its areas are expected to increase further. Fruit forms of the african oil palm elaeis guineensis. Oil palm natural diversity and the potential for yield improvement. This is a practical guide to mutation breeding in oil palm, representing completely novel work supported by the plant breeding and genetics section of the joint faoiaea division vienna, austria. The oil palm is seen as the main instrument for socioeconomic development, particularly for the rural areas in malaysia and indonesia but also in. Molecular approaches and tools have great potential to optimize patterns of plant breeding, especially for perennial. Cover photo by patrice levangird and cifor tourneetournee manual palm oil press in mbongo, littoral region cifor jl. Breeding and inheritance in the oil palm elaeis guineensis jacq. In selfings, marked inbreeding depression was observed for yield of fruit bunches, mean bunch weight and bunch number, but there was little effect on bunch composition. Improvement of oil yield as indicated earlier, two main economic products are derived from the oil palm namely, palm oil and palm kernel oil.

The effects of inbreeding were studied in three oil palm elaeis guineensis jacq. The oil palm elaeis guineensis is the highest oilyielding crop and has the potential to become the major supplier of both edible oil and renewable industr. Very few species are subject of plant breeding programs and are cultivated in the world. Cultivation of the oil palm starts very likely a long time ago.

This is the case of the african oil palm elaeis guineensis, in which. Genomic preselection with genotypingbysequencing increases. Cultivated oil palm elaeis guineensis is a hybrid crop and is among. Growth and production of oil palm encyclopedia of life. Pdf oil palm breeding and seed production in africa. The deli breeding population originated from four ancestral oil palms. However, oil palm cultivation in brazil and throughout latin american has been. Oil palm holding the intensive cowcalf integration is preferably carried out in a new planting or replanting of oil palm area using double avenue planting system. We will highlight here the main aspects of breeding practices, such as objectives and technical choices, which have an influence on the sustainability of oil palm. Oil palm cultivars are currently developed using conventional breeding and selection which normally takes 1015 years per cycle. Bunch yield of interspecific hybrids of american oil palm with oil. Improvement of palm oil through breeding and biotechnology. Oil palm fruits are the richest plant source of provitamin a and vitamin e.

The avenue between palm rows is used to plant napier grass as the main feed source for the cattle. By 2005, the impact of oil palm breeding on oil palm plantations sustainability has been questioned cochard et al. Breeding and genetics of the oil palm sciencedirect. Oil palm natural diversity and the potential for yield. Stability analysis of oil yield in oil palm elaeis guineensis. Embrapa is a national organization with research activities all over brazil.

That finding is why oil palm breeding programs should be a multidisciplinary team effort that involves molecular tools rival, 2017, understanding the response of oil palm cultivars to limiting. Oil palm breeding was influenced by maize breeding that relies on development of inbred parental lines to produce homogeneous f1 hybrids. World bank to finance oil palm industry provided much the impetus for accelerated growth. Conventional breeding has clearly been the major focus of genetic improvement in this crop. Commencement of construction of bulking acilitiesf 12. Given the central role played by the shell gene, oil palm breeding utilizes. The american oil palm elaeis oleifera which also produces an oil in smaller quantities consumed by the natives and is of interest in breeding because of some of its desirable attributes, however, is endemic to tropical latin america stretching from mexico in the north to the amazonas of bolivia, brazil, colombia and peru in the south and. Both products are derived from the fruit and are considered simultaneously in the oil palm breeding programme. Data collection data on yield and yield components were evaluated from 1982 1986. A minimum of 10 ha with 50 breeding cows is required for intensive cattle production. Plant breeding and in situ utilization of palm trees scielo. Unfortunately it is very difficult to trace the entire history. Effects of inbreeding on growth and yield of oil palm. Ppt oil palm breeding powerpoint presentation free to.