Palm by Fred Gray 2018. Reaktion Books Ltd. Fred Gray’s Palm [hereafter referred to as … Palm] is the second title in Reaktion Books’ Botanical series I’ve reviewed. The first was Stephen Harris’ Sunflowers, a super...
Tag - Elaeis guineensis
Nigel Chaffey
DigR: a generic model and simulator of 3D root-system architecture
Several models of root system architecture exist in the literature but few of them are targeted at the organ level in response to environmental factors and none of them have modelled both annual plant and perennial tree...
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Designing oil palm architectural ideotypes for optimized light interception
Enhancement of light harvesting in annual crops has successfully led to yield increase and has been achieved by selecting plants with optimal canopy architecture for specific agronomic practices. In this simulation...
Environmental regulation of sex determination in oil palm (Review)
In the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, male and female inflorescences are produced separately in an alternating cycle that is influenced by the environment: stress conditions promote male flowering, but the...
Shoot apical meristem structure in oil palm
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is an unbranched palm, possessing a single shoot apical meristem (SAM) that may remain active for more than 100 years. Through histological analysis and 3-D reconstructions, Jouannic et al...
Epigenetic floral variant of clonal oil palm (Review)
The mantled somaclonal variation of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) hampers oil production as the supernumerary female organs are either sterile or produce fruits with poor oil yields. Jaligot et al. provide an overview of...
