Elaeis guineensis oil palm

Rival, A. and Parveez, G.K., 2020. 4.2 Elaeis guineensis Oil Palm. In: Litz, R., Pliego-Alfaro, F., and Ignacio hormaza, J. (eds), Biotechnology of fruit and nut crops, 2nd edition: 92-106. CABI Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780648279.0092

This chapter focuses on the origin, geographical distribution, morphological, physiological and phenological characteristics, cultivation history, breeding, vegetative propagation methods and molecular genetics and genomics of oil palms (Elaeis guineensis). The importance of developing various genetic manipulation methods for the genetic improvement of oil palm germplasm is also discussed.