Lauric acid improves the growth of zygotic coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) embryos in vitro

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-327

  López Villalobos, Arturo ^a,b   Dodds, Peter F ^a,c   Hornung, Roland ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Comprehensive Local Research Network Preston Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Selecta Klemm GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryo germination; Fatty acid; Growth media; Haustorium; Histology; Lauric acid; Lipid composition; Lipid metabolism; Seedling development; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO GERMINATION; GROWTH MEDIA; HAUSTORIUM; LAURIC ACID; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISMS; SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT;

CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOACTIVITY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TISSUE; TISSUE CULTURE;

SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

COCOS NUCIFERA;

EID: 79960559992     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-011-9924-8     Document Type: Article

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