Estimation of Genetic Parameters for in vitro Culture Traits and Selection Best Progenies for Tenera Oil Palm Tissue Culture

Low in-vitro regeneration rate of oil palm is the main limitation for clonal mass propagation. To evaluate the in-vitro performance of oil palm mass propagation, an experiment comprising 167 ortets are established and evaluated for in-vitro traits. Genetic parameters are analyzed using anova, followed by Ward's clustering to classify the ortets and selection the best progeny. The results showed a high heritability value on callogenesis and embryogenesis rate. Ward's clustering on both traits produces five clusters. KN16 progeny gives the best performance among 19 analyzed, where almost the ortets are belongs to the best cluster. Therefore, this progeny is recommended for further recloning.