Improving the efficiency of oil palm tissue culture

Planting clones seems to be the best approach to higher yield. Although the oil palm has been cloned for some years now, the production is still vastly below demand due to inefficiency at some of the cloning stages. This article describes some technologies developed by MPOB to improve oil palm cloning – liquid culture, efficient rooting, sterilizing device, innovative data recording and the application of molecular biology tools.

Penanaman klon merupakan cara terbaik untuk mendapatkan hasil yang tinggi. Walaupun pengklonan sawit telah agak lama dibangunkan, namun pengeluarannya masih terlalu rendah berbanding permintaan kerana beberapa peringkat pengklonan masih kurang berkesan. Artikel ini membentangkan beberapa teknologi MPOB untuk memantapkan proses pengklonan – sistem kultur cecair, teknik pengakaran, alat pengsterilan, sistem penyimpanan data dan penggunaan biologi molekul

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