date:Jul 26, 2013
A multinational team of scientists from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Orion Genomics have announced the publication of two papers in the journal Nature outlining the genome sequencing of the oil palm plant and the identification of a single gene, called Shell, that is responsible for increasing the plant's yield of oil by 30 percent. The fruit and seeds of the oil palm are the source of nearly one-half of the supply of edible vegetable oil worldwide and provide one of the most promisin