Metabolic engineering of fatty acids for breeding of new oilseed crops: strategies, problems and first results

H Drexler, P Spiekermann, A Meyer… - Journal of Plant …, 2003 - Elsevier
Note: A shorthand fatty acid designation is based on the length of the acyl chain and the
number and position of double bonds. The position of the first carbon of a double bond …

Progress in tissue culture and genetic transformation of oil palm: an overview

R Yarra, L Jin, Z Zhao, H Cao - International Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis, Jacq.) is a prominent vegetable-oil-yielding crop. Cultivating
high-yielding oil palm with improved traits is a pre-requisite to meet the increasing demands …

Evaluation of tissue specificity and expression strength of rice seed component gene promoters in transgenic rice

LQ Qu, F Takaiwa - Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Using stable transgenic rice plants, the promoters of 15 genes expressed in rice seed were
analysed for their spatial and temporal expression pattern and their potential to promote the …

Biotechnology of oil palm: current status of oil palm genetic transformation

MYA Masani, AMD Izawati, OA Rasid… - Biocatalysis and …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

The Feasibility of Producing Oil Palm with Altered Lignin Content to Control Ganoderma Disease

RRM Paterson, S Moen, N Lima - Journal of phytopathology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Immature embryo: A useful tool for oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) genetic transformation studies

R Abdullah, A Zainal, W Yew Heng, L Chui Li… - Electronic Journal of …, 2005 - SciELO Chile
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is the highest yielding oil-bearing crop. However, being a
perennial crop, genetic improvement of oil palm is extremely slow. Indeed, compared to …

The investigation of optimal bombardment parameters for transient and stable transgene expression in sorghum

JA Able, C Rathus, ID Godwin - In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology …, 2001 - Springer
This report outlines the development of optimized particle inflow gun (PIG) parameters for
producing transgenic sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). Both transient and stable …

Biotechnology of oil palm: strategies towards manipulation of lipid content and composition

GKA Parveez, OA Rasid, MYA Masani… - Plant cell reports, 2015 - Springer
Oil palm is a major economic crop for Malaysia. The major challenges faced by the industry
are labor shortage, availability of arable land and unstable commodity price. This has …

Production of polyhydroxybutyrate in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) mediated by microprojectile bombardment of PHB biosynthesis genes into embryogenic calli

GKA Parveez, B Bahariah, NH Ayub… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Biodegradable plastics, mainly polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), which are traditionally produced
by bacterial cells, have been produced in the cells of more than 15 plant species. Since the …

Transgenic oil palm: production and projection

GKA Parveez, MM Masri, A Zainal, NA Majid… - 2000 - portlandpress.com
Oil palm is an important economic crop for Malaysia. Genetic engineering could be applied
to produce transgenic oil palms with high value-added fatty acids and novel products to …