Open AccessPerformance of fatty acid composition, iodine value, carotene content, height and height increment of oil palm interspecific hybrids
Author(s) -
J. Alyasa,
A Shamsiah,
Ahmad Din
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
food research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2550-2166
DOI - 10.26656/fr.2017.5(s4).008
Subject(s) - palm oil , hybrid , iodine value , carotene , interspecific competition , palm , composition (language) , heritability , fatty acid , interspecific hybrids , zoology , food science , biology , horticulture , botany , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , physics , genetics , quantum mechanics
A total of sixteen oil palm interspecific hybrid progenies were evaluated for their fattyacid composition, iodine value, carotene content, height and height increment atMalaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Bagan Datuk, Malaysia. Based on the results,unsaturated fatty acids were higher with a range of 60% compared to current breedingmaterials. Iodine value showed a considerable amount of the oil palm interspecific hybridwhich was around 65. Carotene among some individuals showed an outstanding value of3424 ppm. Height and height increment showed lower value than current breedingmaterials with an average 0.17 m height increment per year. Heritability values showedthat the genetic component gave higher influence towards height and height incrementwhile the fatty acid composition and carotene content were largely influenced by theenvironment.