Oil palm natural diversity and the potential for yield improvement

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Barcelos, Edson ^a   De Almeida Rios, Sara ^a   Cunha, Raimundo N V ^a   Lopes, Ricardo ^a   Motoike, Sergio Y ^b   Babiychuk, Elena ^c   Skirycz, Aleksandra ^c   Kushnir, Sergei ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b Federal University of Vigosa   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breeding; E. guineensis; E. oleifera; Germplasm; Hybrid; Oil palm

Indexed keywords

ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS;

EID: 84928042597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00190     Document Type: Article

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