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Science AAASResearchers solve mystery of the mutated oil

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FOKarps Cell and Molecular Biology 9th Edition by Gerald Karp

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  • Can genetic transformation improve oil palm?
  • The genetic transformation technology has been applied for improvements of oil palm more than 25 years ago (Cheah et al., 1995). Despite significant progress that has been made, the efficiency of oil palm genetic transformation is still low compared to other plants such as maize, soybean, sugarcane and canola.
  • Can cloning oil palm trees reduce rainforest destruction?
  • Demand for the oil—used in everything from food to biofuel—is so high that oil palm plants have taken over large swaths of the world's rainforests. About 40 years ago, researchers hoped to reduce rainforest destruction by cloning the highest yielding oil palm trees ( Elaeis guineensis ), thus boosting oil production.
  • Could DNA modification help oil palm growers produce more oil?
  • By pinning down a chemical modification of DNA that leads to poor oil production, researchers may help oil palm (above) growers produce more oil on less land. Melina Ong Abdullah/MPOB That vegetable oil in your kitchen cabinet comes at a price.
  • Is genetic transformation an extension of oil palm breeding technologies?
  • Therefore, genetic transformation is considered as an extension of oil palm breeding technologies. The genetic transformation technology has been applied for improvements of oil palm more than 25 years ago (Cheah et al., 1995).
  • Why do oil palm trees clone?
  • They expected to increase yields per hectare by 30%. But today less than 1% of the area devoted to oil palms uses clones because some of the cloned trees produced fruit that developed abnormally, appearing jagged and forming a thick outer coating. This "mantled" fruit failed to produce much oil, creating a vexing problem.
  • What was the first target material for genetic transformation of oil palm?
  • It was viewed that the protoplast cell was the first possible target material for genetic transformation of oil palm (Sambanthamurthi, 1986). Vouyouklis (1981) reported the first successful protoplast isolation while the first attempt to generate plant from oil palm protoplasts was reported by Bass and Hughes (1984).