Environmental regulation of sex determination in oil palm: current knowledge and insights from other species

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 108; no. 8; pp. 1529 - 1537
• Main Authors: Adam, Hélène, Collin, Myriam, Richaud, Frédérique, Beulé, Thierry, Cros, David, Omoré, Alphonse, Nodichao, Leifi, Nouy, Bruno, Tregear, James W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.12.2011
• Subjects: Arecaceae; Arecaceae - genetics; Arecaceae - physiology; Corn; Developmental biology; Elaeis guineensis; environmental factors; environmental law; Environmental regulation; Flowering; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gene-Environment Interaction; Genes; Genes, Plant; genetics; Inflorescence; Inflorescence - genetics; Inflorescence - physiology; Inflorescences; males; methodology; palm oils; physiology; Plant reproduction; Plants; reproduction; REVIEW; Sex determination; Sex Determination Analysis; Sex Ratio; stress response; monoecious; oil palm; flowering; Sex determination; temporal dioecy; inflorescence

• Background The African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a monoecious species of the palm subfamily Arecoideae. It may be qualified as 'temporally dioecious' in that it produces functionally unisexual male and female inflorescences in an alternating cycle on the same plant, resulting in an...