Tenera palms contain one mutant and one normal version, or allele, of Shell, an optimum combination that results in 30 % more oil per land area than
dura palms.
Not exact matches
Three oil
palm genomes, the
dura and pisifera fruit forms of E. guineensis, and E. oleifera were sequenced, assembled and annotated.
Assays encompassing all five mutations account for all
dura and pisifera
palms analyzed.
The unintentional planting of
dura or pisifera
palms reduces overall yield and impacts land utilization that would otherwise be devoted to more productive tenera
palms.