MPOB News
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Category: No. 54 (May 2007)
Biomarkers: finding a niche in oil palm tissue culture. Part 2 – targeting the transcriptome
As both embryogenic and non-embryogenic calli were found to be distinctly different, this implies that their gene expression would be differentially regulated as well. Studies in other areas, in particular, medical research have used gene expression patterns to classify and predict the outcomes from specific conditions. This then led to a concerted effort to isolate […]
Pesticide application in the oil palm plantation
This article attempts to give an overview of the combined practice of pesticide management in oil palm plantations, the types of pesticides commonly used and the method of analysis to determine pesticide residues in palm oil. A brief outline of the regulatory controls for pesticides is also included. Artikel ini memberi suatu peninjauan umum tentang […]
Modelling oil palm yield based on source and sink
Although fruit bunch production by oil palm is often considered to be mostly dependent upon the ability of the plant to produce assimilates, the availability of an adequate sink is also of importance in optimizing yield. The model OPRODSIM initially simulated yield based on the assimilates remaining after the requirements of vegetative growth had been […]
Modelling the effects of physiological and morphological characters on oil palm growth and productivity
The model OPRODSIM is a mechanistic simulation model of oil palm growth and yield, the output of which depends crucially on the values assigned to various physiological and morphological characters. In this article, the effects of manipulating these values are explored and related to what is known concerning the magnitude of their natural variation. The […]