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Colours of distinction: When oil palm is right for picking - The Star
2014-09-01
THE TERM "Don't judge a book by its cover" will not apply to the case of the VIR gene breakthrough. That's because this VIR (or VIRESCENS) gene determines the outer skin colour of the oil palm fruit as it ripens, which is key to knowing the right time for harvest.Harvesting too early significantly d...
 The oil palm VIRESCENS gene controls fruit colour and encodes a R2R3-MYB

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Can Indiana Jones help sort out the palm oil problem? - scientific American
2014-07-08
"Palm presents a special problem for conservation efforts," Harrison said. "Naturally palm grows in low-laying tropical area, which is most often valuable and protected land. "A market in desperate need of a rescuer Raviga Sambanthamurthi, director of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board's Advanced Biotechn...
 The oil palm VIRESCENS gene controls fruit colour and encodes a R2R3-MYB

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Oil palm genetics may provide more reliable clues for ripeness - Food Navigator.com
2014-07-01
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 The oil palm VIRESCENS gene controls fruit colour and encodes a R2R3-MYB

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Research published in nature communications identifies gene triggering color change in oil palm fruit, a better signal of ripeness and means to improve yields of vital food crop - PR Newswire
2014-06-30
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia and ST. LOUIS, June 30, 2014 PRNewswire -- A multinational team of scientists from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Orion Genomics today announced the publication of a paper in the journal Nature Communications identifying a gene, called VIR, that is responsible for tur...
 The oil palm VIRESCENS gene controls fruit colour and encodes a R2R3-MYB