Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm : A Manual.

Intro -- Half Title -- Techniques in Plantation Science Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Series Foreword - Techniques in Plantation Science -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1  Brief History of Plant Mutation Breeding -- 1.2  General Principles of Plant Mutation Breeding -- 1.3  Breeding Limitations in Oil Palm -- 1.4  Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm -- References -- 2 Health and Safety Considerations and Guidelines -- 2.1  Health and Safety in Mutation Induction and Radio-sensitivity Testing -- 2.2  Health and Safety in the Field -- 2.3  Health and Safety for Irradiation Treatments -- 2.4  Health and Safety in the Laboratory -- 2.5  Health and Safety in Handling Hazardous Chemicals -- References -- 3 Radio-sensitivity Testing -- 3.1  Need for Radio-sensitivity Testing -- 3.2  Choice of Material for Radio-sensitivity Testing -- 3.3  Choice of Irradiation Dose for Mutation Induction -- 3.4  RD and LD Determinations for Oil Palm Seed -- 3.5  Other Considerations -- 3.6  Steps in Irradiation Services at BATAN -- References -- 4 Options for Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm -- 4.1  Challenges and Opportunities for Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm -- 4.2  Options for Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm -- 4.3  Haploid Irradiation -- 4.4  Gene Editing -- References -- 5 Protocol for Developing Mutant Generations for Mutant Selection -- 5.1  Step 1: Selection of Target Material (M0) -- 5.2  Step 2: Germination of Target Seed (M0) -- 5.3  Step 3: Seed Irradiation -- 5.4  Step 4: Sowing M1 in the Nursery -- 5.5  Step 5: Labelling of Surviving M1 Nursery Seedlings -- 5.6  Step 6: Genotyping of M1 Nursery Seedlings -- 5.7  Step 7: Selection of M1 Plants for Field Planting -- 5.8  Step 8: Selfing of Selected Field-grown M1 Palms to Produce M2 Populations -- 5.9  Step 9: M2 Phenotyping and Additional Genotyping -- 5.10   Target Genes and Trait.

6 Services in Irradiation Treatments -- 6.1  Physical Mutagens -- 6.2  Regulation of Irradiation Services -- 6.3  International Irradiation Services -- 6.4  Regional Irradiation Services -- 6.5  National Irradiation Services -- 6.6  Other Mutagens -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.

Oil palm is the top oil crop and the only major crop and only oil crop not to have been improved by plant mutation breeding. This manual is hands-on, providing step-by-step illustrated methods in a range of key activities in mutation induction, mutation detection and mutant line development in oil palm.

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