Commercially important palms (oil palm, coconut, and date palm) are widely grown
perennial trees with tremendous commercial significance due to food, edible oil, and …

Oil palm is the most productive vegetable oil in the world for human consumptions and
industrial applications. Increasing demands of palm oil over the years have led the research …

Background Genetic engineering remains a major challenge in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis)
because particle bombardment and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation are laborious …

Background Genome editing employing the CRISPR/Cas9 system has been widely used
and has become a promising tool for plant gene functional studies and crop improvement …

Oil palm ecosystems comprise a wide range of fungi, bacteria, insects, nematodes, and
viruses that are significantly responsible for reducing crop productivity. One of the most …

The oil palm, originating from Africa, is the most productive oil crop species. Palm oil is an
important source of edible oil. Its current global plantation area is over 23 million ha. The …

In order to study the molecular regulation of flower development in the monoecious species
oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), cDNAs of 12 MADS box genes from this plant belonging to …

Oil palm is a major crop which is grown for the production of vegetable oil used in foods,
cosmetics and biodiesel. The palm is of major economic importance in southeast Asia where …

The present volume started out as a journey to write a book on lost crops of the world and
how to revive them transgenically to greatly enhance crop biodiversity. The Rockefeller …

During recent years, different approaches have been designed for the micropropagation of
elite date palm cultivars. The most commonly used technology approach is somatic …