Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola.

Forty-two progenies of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) germplasm collection from Angola were analyzed for their fatty acid composition and carotene content using gas chromatography and UV spectrophotometry, respectively. Their variation in the fatty acid t...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Noh, Nookiah, Rajanaidu, Din, Ahmad Kushairi, Amiruddin, Mohd Din, Yusop, Mohd Rafii, Saleh, Ghizan, Zainal Abidin, Mohd Isa
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Language:English
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Published: Malaysian Palm Oil Board 2002
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author Abdullah, Noh
Nookiah, Rajanaidu
Din, Ahmad Kushairi
Amiruddin, Mohd Din
Yusop, Mohd Rafii
Saleh, Ghizan
Zainal Abidin, Mohd Isa
author_facet Abdullah, Noh
Nookiah, Rajanaidu
Din, Ahmad Kushairi
Amiruddin, Mohd Din
Yusop, Mohd Rafii
Saleh, Ghizan
Zainal Abidin, Mohd Isa
author_sort Abdullah, Noh
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description Forty-two progenies of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) germplasm collection from Angola were analyzed for their fatty acid composition and carotene content using gas chromatography and UV spectrophotometry, respectively. Their variation in the fatty acid traits and carotene content were considerably larger than in the current breeding materials in Malaysia. Their means for all the traits, except palmitic acid, were also higher. The phenotypic correlations were negative between palmitic/stearic acid and palmitic/oleic acids, so increasing palmitic acid is likely to decrease stearic and oleic acids, and vice versa. A negative relationship was also found between oleic/linoleic acids. A number of progenies had carotene contents >1000 ppm and one progeny had iodine value >60. The heritability estimates for the individual fatty acids and carotene content were moderate to high, indicating good genetic control over the traits. The Angolan germplasm is therefore potentially useful breeding materials for improving Malaysian oil palm for commercial palnting. However, further studies are needed before the breeding materials proper can be selected and used in actual breeding.
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spelling upm-8382010-08-04T09:14:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/838/ Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola. Abdullah, Noh Nookiah, Rajanaidu Din, Ahmad Kushairi Amiruddin, Mohd Din Yusop, Mohd Rafii Saleh, Ghizan Zainal Abidin, Mohd Isa Forty-two progenies of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) germplasm collection from Angola were analyzed for their fatty acid composition and carotene content using gas chromatography and UV spectrophotometry, respectively. Their variation in the fatty acid traits and carotene content were considerably larger than in the current breeding materials in Malaysia. Their means for all the traits, except palmitic acid, were also higher. The phenotypic correlations were negative between palmitic/stearic acid and palmitic/oleic acids, so increasing palmitic acid is likely to decrease stearic and oleic acids, and vice versa. A negative relationship was also found between oleic/linoleic acids. A number of progenies had carotene contents >1000 ppm and one progeny had iodine value >60. The heritability estimates for the individual fatty acids and carotene content were moderate to high, indicating good genetic control over the traits. The Angolan germplasm is therefore potentially useful breeding materials for improving Malaysian oil palm for commercial palnting. However, further studies are needed before the breeding materials proper can be selected and used in actual breeding. Malaysian Palm Oil Board 2002 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/838/1/PFP2.PDF Abdullah, Noh and Nookiah, Rajanaidu and Din, Ahmad Kushairi and Amiruddin, Mohd Din and Yusop, Mohd Rafii and Saleh, Ghizan and Zainal Abidin, Mohd Isa (2002) Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola. Journal of Oil Palm Research, 14 (2). pp. 18-23. ISSN 1511-2780 http://palmoilis.mpob.gov.my/publications/joprv14n2.html#top English
spellingShingle Abdullah, Noh
Nookiah, Rajanaidu
Din, Ahmad Kushairi
Amiruddin, Mohd Din
Yusop, Mohd Rafii
Saleh, Ghizan
Zainal Abidin, Mohd Isa
Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola.
title Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola.
title_full Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola.
title_fullStr Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola.
title_full_unstemmed Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola.
title_short Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola.
title_sort variability in fatty acid composition, iodine value and carotene content in the mpob oil palm germplasm collection from angola.
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