Regeneration of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) from plumule explants through somatic embryogenesis

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 515-521

  Chan, J L ^a   Saenz L ^a   Talavera, C ^a   Hornung, R ^b   Robert, M ^a   Oropeza, C ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coconut; Plumule; Regeneration; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 6 N BENZYLADENINE; CALLUS CULTURE; MICROPROPAGATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; REGENERATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

COCOS NUCIFERA;

EID: 0542376106     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050434     Document Type: Article

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