A new technique for coconut (Cocos nucifera) germplasm collection from remote sites: Culturability of embryos following low-temperature incubation

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-75

  Samosir, Yohannes M S ^a,b   Godwin, Ian D ^a   Adkins, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Indonesian Oil and Palm Research Institute   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ASCORBIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; ETHYLENE; GERMINATION; GERMPLASM; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; INDONESIA; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUTRIENT; SUCROSE;

CULTURE; GERMINATION; GERMPLASM; INCUBATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

INDONESIA;

COCOS NUCIFERA; MORCHELLA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0033023186     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT97067     Document Type: Article

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