Nursery Screening for Ganoderma Response in Oil Palm Seedlings : 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 Ganoderma Disease of Oil Palm -- 1.2 Basal Stem Rot Disease -- 1.3 Cause of Basal Stem Rot Disease -- 1.4 Ganoderma Diversity -- 1.5 Ganoderma Pathogenicity -- 1.6 Management Control of Basal Stem Rot -- 1.7 Genetic Potency of Ganoderma Partial Resistance -- 1.8 Screening for Ganoderma Partial Resistance -- 1.9 Early Screening for Ganoderma Partial Resistance/Susceptibility in the Nursery -- References -- 2 Health and Safety Considerations -- 2.1 Health and Safety in the Laboratory -- 2.2 Health and Safety in the Nursery -- References -- 3 Media Preparation for In Vitro Culture of Ganoderma -- 3.1 Water Agar Medium -- 3.2 Ganoderma Selective Medium -- 3.3 Potato Dextrose Agar Medium -- References -- 4 Collecting Ganoderma Isolates and Culture Preparation -- 4.1 Dikaryotic Mycelium Isolation from Basidiocarps -- 4.2 Isolation from Infected Tissues -- 4.3 Single Basidiospore Isolation -- 4.4 Ganoderma Culture Preparation -- Reference -- 5 Preparation of Ganoderma Inoculum -- 5.1 Preparation of Potato Agar Medium -- 5.2 Preparation of Rubber Wood Blocks -- 5.3 Inoculation of Rubber Wood Blocks -- 5.4 Incubation of Rubber Wood Blocks -- References -- 6 Nursery Inoculation -- 6.1 Nursery Preparation -- 6.2 Selection of Inoculated Rubber Wood Blocks -- 6.3 Nursery Inoculation -- 6.4 Planting -- 7 Scoring Response to Ganoderma -- 7.1 External Observations -- 7.2 Internal Observations -- References -- 8 Future Possibilities -- 8.1 Gene or Marker Detection for Ganoderma Partial Resistance -- 8.2 Trichoderma and Other Biocontrol Agents -- 8.3 Other Oil Palm Seedling Screening Targets -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.

This is a hands-on, practical guide covering seedling screening for disease response in oil palm for pathology, breeding and genetics. Oil palm is the top oil crop in the world and Ganoderma is the most devastating disease of oil palm.

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