TY - BOOK AU - Sitepu,Baihaqi ED - C.A.B. International, TI - Field trials in oil palm breeding: a manual T2 - Techniques in plantation science SN - 9781789241402 AV - SB299.P3 S57 2020eb U1 - 641.3/3851 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Oil palm KW - Breeding KW - Crops KW - cabt KW - Cultivars KW - Data processing KW - Disease resistance KW - Field tests KW - Fungal diseases KW - Germplasm KW - Handbooks KW - Land management KW - Oil palms KW - Oilseed plants KW - Pathogens KW - Plant breeding KW - Plant diseases KW - Plant pathogenic fungi KW - Plant pathogens KW - Plantation crops KW - Plantations KW - Planting KW - Recording KW - Selection N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Health and safety considerations -- Pre-trialling considerations and activities -- Land preparation -- Material preparation -- Trial planting -- Recording -- Ganoderma trials -- Pre-trial screening using DNA diagnostics; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format N2 - A central objective in Verdant's mission is to develop better, more productive and more sustainable cultivars of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), rubber and other plantation crops, particularly through plant breeding. Field testing is an essential component in selecting and developing new varieties with superior performance for yield, quality, pest and disease resistance and in meeting new market demands, for example, specialised oil quality. This manual covers the basic and changing practices such as land preparation, planting and data recording of trials. Field trialling of oil palm includes breeding trials (selection within promising new genotypic combinations or germplasm), particularly by progeny testing to establish new commercial lines and identifying Ganoderma resistant/tolerant material (Ganoderma is the most important disease of oil palm in Southeast Asia, while Fusarium is in Africa). This manual forms part of a series in 'Techniques in Plantation Science', and fits 'in between' Nursery Practices in Oil Palm and Seed Production in Oil Palm. It follows on from Crossing in Oil Palm. Target audiences are plant breeders, planters, students and researchers in oil palm agriculture, along with plant breeders and end-users interested in the practicalities of producing high quality oil palm planting materials for breeding and commercial production UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789241396.0000 ER -