Morcillo F. auteur aut IRD Cros D. auteur aut IRD Billotte N. auteur aut IRD Ngando-Ebongue G. F. auteur aut IRD Domonhédo H. auteur aut IRD Pizot M. auteur aut IRD Cuéllar T. auteur aut IRD Espéout S. auteur aut IRD Dhouib R. auteur aut IRD Bourgis F. auteur aut IRD Claverol S. auteur aut IRD Tranbarger Timothy auteur aut IRD Nouy B. auteur aut IRD Arondel V. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access The oil palm fruit mesocarp contains high lipase activity that increases free fatty acids and necessitates post-harvest inactivation by heat treatment of fruit bunches. Even before heat treatment the mesocarp lipase activity causes consequential oil losses and requires costly measures to limit free fatty acids quantities. Here we demonstrate that elite low-lipase lines yield oil with substantially less free fatty acids than standard genotypes, allowing more flexibility for post-harvest fruit processing and extended ripening for increased yields. We identify the lipase and its gene cosegregates with the low-/high-lipase trait, providing breeders a marker to rapidly identify potent elite genitors and introgress the trait into major cultivars. Overall, economic gains brought by wide adoption of this material could represent up to one billion dollars per year. Expected benefits concern all planters but are likely to be highest for African smallholders who would be more able to produce oil that meets international quality standards. specialized AFRIQUE 076 020 054 4 2160 2013 2041-1723 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060628 10.1038/ncomms3160 2041-1723 [F B010060628] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060628 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers17-10/010060628.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2013-11-04 2023-06-14 fdi:010060628 fre