Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 1.8
Discussion Groups for Palms
Crop
Discussion Group
Coconut
Date palm
Oil palm
Rattans
Palms of Scandinavia
such as dwarf habit and resistance to disease or drought. After wet-lab verification
experiments, these markers can be used to offer a set of kits that could identify the
seedlings of palms possessing the desirable traits.
Recently, novel markers of industrial relevance offer promise, such as identifi-
cation of palm oil-contaminated edible oil samples, using unique sequences of oil
palm genes MT-3
[46]
. Such markers must be validated, stringently screened, and
developed as user-friendly kits. Genomic studies also provide tools for basic research
in understanding the slower evolution in genes in palms, especially
Adh
(alcohol
dehydrogenase), than in grasses
[47]
, and also in nurturing the classical systematic
research of palms
[48]
. A set of AFLP markers was employed to analyze the sympat-
ric evolution in Howea palms in oceanic islands
[49]
. The complete genome of date
palm is available now
[50]
and that of oil palm is expected soon, making the palms
an interesting subject for genomic researchers.
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