Unfertilized ovary: A novel explant for coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) somatic embryogenesis

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-28

  Perera, Prasanthi I P ^a   Hocher, Valerie ^b   Verdeil, Jean Luc ^c   Doulbeau, Sylvie ^b   Yakandawala, Deepthi M D ^d   Weerakoon, L Kaushalya ^a  

^a Genetics and Plant Breeding Division   (Sri Lanka)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.); Flow cytometry; Histology; Ovary culture; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CHARCOAL; HISTOLOGY;

ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; OVARY CULTURE; UNFERTILIZED OVARY;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COCONUT; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOWER; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGENERATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

CELL NUCLEUS; COCOS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOWERS; MERISTEM; PLANT SHOOTS; REGENERATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

ACETIC ACID; CELLS; CHARCOAL; HISTOLOGY; PLANTS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

COCOS NUCIFERA;

EID: 33845646409     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0216-4     Document Type: Article

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