Improvement of palm oil through breeding and biotechnology

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1451-1455

  Jalani, B S ^a   Cheah, S C ^a   Rajanaidu, N ^a   Darus, A ^a  

^a Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Breeding; Genetic engineering; Oil palm; Palm oil

Indexed keywords

ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; ELAEIS OLEIFERA;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

PALM OIL;

OILS AND FATS;

EID: 0031270481     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-997-0253-3     Document Type: Article

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