BBC: Boosting palm oil production by mapping plant DNA
“Subsistence farmers in Malaysia and beyond could see a boost to their livelihoods if Orion Biosains’ project succeeds.” Read more […]
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Scientific American: Can Indiana Jones Help Sort Out the Palm Oil Problem
Harrison Ford, known for iconic roles such as Han Solo and the intrepid archaeologist, confronts the Indonesian forestry minister on
New York Times: Looking at Oil Palms Genome for Keys to Productivity
On Wednesday a team of Malaysian and American scientists published a pair of papers in Nature on the genome of
The Guardian: Sequenced palm oil genome paves the way for sustainable plantations
Researchers pinpoint a gene that could be used to boost yields and reduce competition between forests and oil palms a
BBC News Science and Environment
The genome of one of the world’s key commercial crops, the oil palm, has been sequenced. The plant’s oil is
International Business Times: Crucial Oil Palm Gene Could Prove Beneficial
A single gene in the oil palm could hold the key to making more oil from fewer plants — and
AGBT Agricultural meeting 2022
The AGBT Agricultural meeting 2022 in San Diego is expected to become one of the most important Ag-biotech meetings of