Nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm Elaeis guineensis essential for development of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust: first report
Rearing of Elaeidobius kamerunicus, the pollinator of oil palm, requires the anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm as the breeding and feeding ground. Various studies have reported on the weevils utilising the male inflorescence as feed to sustain its development. However, for routine rearing,...
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| author | Zulkefli, Muhamad Haziq Hadif Jamian, Syari Ismail, Siti Izera Adam, Nur Azura Jalinas, Johari Mohd Masri, Mohamed Mazmira |
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| description | Rearing of Elaeidobius kamerunicus, the pollinator of oil palm, requires the anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm as the breeding and feeding ground. Various studies have reported on the weevils utilising the male inflorescence as feed to sustain its development. However, for routine rearing, the use of male inflorescence is inconvenient as it has to be continuously collected from the field. Thus, this pioneering study was conducted to determine the nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) which is essential for E. kamerunicus life development. First, proximate analysis was performed to determine the nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence. Next, the nutritional profiles of amino acids, fatty acids and carbohydrates were determined and analysed separately. The average proximate analysis of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm recorded a high moisture content of 75%, followed by carbohydrate, protein, fat and ash. The amino acid profile revealed the presence of 18 amino acids with lysine having the highest content. The spikelet also recorded a total of 32 fatty acids with oleic acid recording the highest value. Nevertheless, the carbohydrate profile was not determined as its presence was in trace amount only. This study provided new knowledge and reference standard on the nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm that is essential for E. kamerunicus. |
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| spelling | upm-1120162024-09-17T01:30:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112016/ Nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm Elaeis guineensis essential for development of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust: first report Zulkefli, Muhamad Haziq Hadif Jamian, Syari Ismail, Siti Izera Adam, Nur Azura Jalinas, Johari Mohd Masri, Mohamed Mazmira Rearing of Elaeidobius kamerunicus, the pollinator of oil palm, requires the anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm as the breeding and feeding ground. Various studies have reported on the weevils utilising the male inflorescence as feed to sustain its development. However, for routine rearing, the use of male inflorescence is inconvenient as it has to be continuously collected from the field. Thus, this pioneering study was conducted to determine the nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) which is essential for E. kamerunicus life development. First, proximate analysis was performed to determine the nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence. Next, the nutritional profiles of amino acids, fatty acids and carbohydrates were determined and analysed separately. The average proximate analysis of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm recorded a high moisture content of 75%, followed by carbohydrate, protein, fat and ash. The amino acid profile revealed the presence of 18 amino acids with lysine having the highest content. The spikelet also recorded a total of 32 fatty acids with oleic acid recording the highest value. Nevertheless, the carbohydrate profile was not determined as its presence was in trace amount only. This study provided new knowledge and reference standard on the nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm that is essential for E. kamerunicus. Lembaga Minyak Sawit Malaysia 2024-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112016/1/joprv36june-syari.pdf Zulkefli, Muhamad Haziq Hadif and Jamian, Syari and Ismail, Siti Izera and Adam, Nur Azura and Jalinas, Johari and Mohd Masri, Mohamed Mazmira (2024) Nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm Elaeis guineensis essential for development of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust: first report. Journal of Oil Palm Research, 36 (2). pp. 254-266. ISSN 1511-2780; EISSN: 2811-4701 https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/nutritional-composition-of-anthesising-male-inflorescence-of-oil-palm-ielaeis-guineensisi-essential-for-development-of-ielaeidobius-kamerunicusi-faust-first-report/ 10.21894/jopr.2023.0027 |
| spellingShingle | Zulkefli, Muhamad Haziq Hadif Jamian, Syari Ismail, Siti Izera Adam, Nur Azura Jalinas, Johari Mohd Masri, Mohamed Mazmira Nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm Elaeis guineensis essential for development of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust: first report |
| title | Nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm Elaeis guineensis essential for development of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust: first report |
| title_full | Nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm Elaeis guineensis essential for development of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust: first report |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm Elaeis guineensis essential for development of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust: first report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm Elaeis guineensis essential for development of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust: first report |
| title_short | Nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm Elaeis guineensis essential for development of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust: first report |
| title_sort | nutritional composition of anthesising male inflorescence of oil palm elaeis guineensis essential for development of elaeidobius kamerunicus faust: first report |
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