Progress in Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation of Oil Palm: An Overview

Oil palm ( , Jacq.) is a prominent vegetable-oil-yielding crop. Cultivating high-yielding oil palm with improved traits is a pre-requisite to meet the increasing demands of palm oil consumption. However, tissue culture and biotechnological approaches can resolve these concerns. Over the past three d...

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Published in:International journal of molecular sciences 2019-10, Vol.20 (21), p.5353
Main Authors: Yarra, Rajesh, Jin, Longfei, Zhao, Zhihao, Cao, Hongxing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agrobacterium
Agrobacterium tumefaciens - genetics
Agrobacterium tumefaciens - metabolism
Arecaceae - embryology
Arecaceae - genetics
Arecaceae - growth & development
Cloning
CRISPR
CRISPR-Cas Systems - genetics
crispr/cas9
Crop diseases
Crops
Cryopreservation
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Elaeis guineensis
Embryos
Gene Editing - methods
Genetic diversity
Genetic transformation
Genome editing
Genomes
In vitro methods and tests
in vitro propagation
Microinjection
Microinjections - methods
Micropropagation
Palm oil
Palm Oil - economics
particle bombardment
Plant Somatic Embryogenesis Techniques - methods
Polyamines
Polyethylene glycol
Polyethylene Glycols - chemistry
Polyethylene Glycols - pharmacology
Propagation
Protoplasts - cytology
Protoplasts - drug effects
Review
Seeds
Somatic embryogenesis
Tissue culture
Tissue Culture Techniques
Transformation, Genetic
Transformations
Trees
Vegetable oils
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Summary:Oil palm ( , Jacq.) is a prominent vegetable-oil-yielding crop. Cultivating high-yielding oil palm with improved traits is a pre-requisite to meet the increasing demands of palm oil consumption. However, tissue culture and biotechnological approaches can resolve these concerns. Over the past three decades, significant research has been carried out to develop tissue culture and genetic transformation protocols for oil palm. Somatic embryogenesis is an efficient platform for the micropropagation of oil palm on a large scale. In addition, various genetic transformation techniques, including microprojectile bombardment, mediated, Polyethylene glycol mediated mediated, and DNA microinjection, have been developed by optimizing various parameters for the efficient genetic transformation of oil palm. This review mainly emphasizes the methods established for in vitro propagation and genetic transformation of oil palm. Finally, we propose the application of the genome editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 to improve the various traits in this oil yielding crop.
ISSN:1422-0067
1661-6596
1422-0067
DOI:10.3390/ijms20215353