{"id":4712,"date":"2025-02-13T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T03:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/layout-04\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T02:28:00","slug":"breeding-and-tissue-culture-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/2025\/02\/breeding-and-tissue-culture-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Breeding and Tissue Culture Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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  • \n \n <\/path><\/svg> \n Introduction<\/span> \n <\/li>\n
  • \n \n <\/path><\/svg> \n Research Group<\/span> \n <\/li>\n
  • \n \n <\/path><\/svg> \n Services Offered<\/span> \n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n
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    Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>

    Continuous improvement and generation of elite oil palm planting materials.<\/span><\/p>

    Objective<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>

    Generation of improved and elite planting material through breeding and clonal propagation, enhanced through the use of molecular tools developed.<\/span><\/p>

    Strategic Research Areas<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>
      1. Diversity studies for oil palm<\/span><\/li>
      2. Establishment of a DNA database for oil palm germplasm material<\/span><\/li>
      3. Establishment of a cryopreservation method for storage of germplasm and clonal materials<\/span><\/li>
      4. DNA fingerprinting for our planting material<\/span><\/li>
      5. Marker assisted selection towards improving oil palm breeding material<\/span><\/li>
      6. Genetic resources<\/span><\/li>
      7. Improvement of selection methodology<\/span><\/li>
      8. Establishment of advanced breeding populations<\/span><\/li>
      9. Further exploitation of\u00a0Elaeis oleifera<\/em>, interspecific hybrids and backcrosses<\/span><\/li>
      10. Introgression of germplasm into breeding research<\/span><\/li>
      11. Genotyping analysis<\/span><\/li>
      12. Use of\u00a0\u2013omics<\/em>\u00a0technologies to discover biomarkers for improvement of clonal propagation<\/span><\/li>
      13. Epigenetics studies towards understanding the oil palm clonal abnormality<\/span><\/li>
      14. Mitochondria research with relations to yield production and clonal abnormality<\/span><\/li>
      15. Production of elite clonal palms and specialty palms such as\u00a0Bactris<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Elaeis oleifera<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>
      16. Development of novel methods for improvement of the tissue culture process.<\/span><\/li>
      17. Development of liquid cultures for improving the efficiency of the tissue culture protocol.<\/span><\/li>
      18. Clonal propagation and breeding to produce planting materials with the following priority traits:<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>

        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– High oil yield<\/span>
        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– Ganoderma tolerance<\/span>
        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– High bunch index<\/span>
        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– Low height<\/span>
        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– Long stalk<\/span><\/p> <\/div>\n\t\t \n

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        Breeding and Genetics Group<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>
        Objective<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>
        1. To develop new and improved oil palm planting materials;<\/span><\/li>
        2. To maintain and conserve germplasm and advanced genetic base for future use;<\/span><\/li>
        3. To accelerate conventional breeding programme for developing and conserving elite oil palm planting materials through molecular approach;<\/span><\/li>
        4. To conduct research on oil palm breeding materials in the field of genetic diversity, markers assisted-selection, fingerprinting and DNA preservation.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>
          Clonal Propagation Group<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>
          Objective<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>
          1. Increase efficiency of generation of elite planting materials.<\/span><\/li>
          2. Create a centre of excellence in oil palm biotechnology (plant tissue culture).<\/span><\/li>
          3. Development of improved planting materials.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>
            Achievement<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>
            1. 2020<\/span><\/li><\/ol>