Title:
Application
of Geographical Information System (GIS) to an
Oil Palm Breeding Trial
Abstract: The
use of Geographical Information System (GIS) has spread
very widely amongst the sciences and it is now an accepted tool for
many
disciplines including agriculture area. Feature which allow spatial
data
handling, manipulation and analysis were also found suitable as
additional
tools for oil palm breeders in their evaluation processes. This
provides more
accurate breeding maps and improved data capturing within an accepted
level of
accuracy. The paper outline FELDA’s approachin considering the
potential of
applying GIS into its oil palm breeding trials. The GIS database if
Trial T162
in Kota Gelanggi 6 station was constructed and integrated with its
attribute to
facilitate the spatial analysis of the progeny trial. The spatial
analysis was
then transformed as maps indicating different yield profile for each
progeny in
all replicates.
Authors: Junaidah
Judin and Chin
C.W