date:Jul 07, 2014
hnology and Breeding Centre and lead author of the paper. This collection, along with the recently completed genome sequence, is accelerating discoveries in oil palm genetics and epigenetics, and paving the way to increased productivity.
This identification of the VIR gene complements the same scientific teams earlier discovery of SHELL, a gene that studies published in Nature last year show leads to a palm fruit with oil yield up to 30 percent superior. By combining the VIR and SHELL gene trai