Montpellier Scientific Community



Oil palm breeding (AGPH)

Director: Jean-Marc Bouvet
Research area
The Oil palm breeding unit (AGPH) works on optimising oil palm breeding and production methods by describing genetic diversity, acting on resistance to biological pests, developing evaluation and marker-assisted breeding methods. The comparative advantages of varieties bred from heterozygotic hybrids or clones is studied in terms of strategy and the progress made in breeding.
Staff profile
Total permanent staff Total Scientists Scientists with "HDR" [1] Post-doc fellows PhD
15
12
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1
1
[1]French university degree for confirmed thesis supervisor
Platforms and other tools
Overseas:
  • 4 high capacity screening units for resistance to disease (Laboratory and nurseries), 2 in Africa, 2 in Asia
  • 4 experimental blocs: 2 in Latin America, 1 in Africa, 1 in Asia
Most important international partnerships
  • Public institution: INRAB (Benin)
  • Private companies: Socfindo (Indonesia), Danec group (Ecuador), La Cabana group (Colombia)
Facts and figures
Publications in international ranking journals
2007: 5
2006: 2
2005: 3
Representative publications
Billotte N., Marseillac N., Risterucci A.M., Adon B., Brottier P., Baurens F.C., Singh R., Herran A., Asmady H., Billot C., Amblard P., Durand-Gasselin T., Courtois B., Asmono D., Cheah S.C., Rohde W., Ritter E., Charrier A. 2005. Microsatellite-based high density linkage map in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). Theoretical and applied genetics. vol.110:n°4 : p. 754-765

Durand-Gasselin T., Asmady H., Flori A., Jacquemard J.C., Hayun Zaelani H., Bréton F., De Franqueville H. 2005. Possible sources of genetic resistance in oil palm (Elaies guineensis Jacq.) to basal stem rot caused by Ganoderma boninense - prospects for future breeding. Mycopathologia. vol.159:n°1 : p. 90-100.

De Franqueville H. 1999. Optimisation des techniques de sélection du palmier à huile à l'égard de la fusariose et prise en compte de l'interface racine/sol dans l'évaluation de la résistance : Contract number : TS3-CT940306. Period : January 1995 to June 1998. In European Union - Latin America, scientific cooperation in the 90's : vol. I : life sciences and technologies for developing countries (STD III). - Brussels : European Commission, 1999. Bruxelles, European Commission, p. 93-94

De Franqueville H. 2003 (REVIEW PAPER). Oil palm bud rot in latin America. Expl. Agric. (2003), volume 39, pp;

De Franqueville H., Durand-Gasselin T. 2005. Approaches towards screening for resistance to oil palm diseases : the examples of Fusarium Wilt and Ganoderma basal stem rot. In Workshop on prioritizing Ganoderma research in oil palm, 28 march 2005, Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia. - s.l. : s.n., 2005, 14 p