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Somatic embryogenesis in coconut from immature inflorescence explants

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Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 35))

Abstract

Coconut is effectively an outbreeding heterozygous plant and this has profound consequences on the characteristics of its seed. Seedlings may therefore be expected to exhibit great variability in selected characters that cannot be evaluated until the seedlings are reaching maturity after 5 to 8 years growth. Obviously the advantages to be gained by eliminating this variability are immense and the cloning of selected high performance palms has become a prime objective in coconut research.

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  1. WYE COLLEGE, Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of London, Wye near Ashford, Kent, TN25 5AH, UK

    R. Hornung

  2. ORSTOM-CIRAD, Gentrop 911, av Agropolis, BP 5045, 34032, Montpellier Cedex, France

    J. L. Verdeil

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  1. Centro de Investigación Cientifica de Yucatán, Mérida, México

    C. Oropeza , R. Cardeña  & J. M. Santamaría ,  & 

  2. ORSTOM-CIRAD, Montpellier, France

    J. L. Verdeil

  3. Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture, Tatura, Australia

    G. R. Ashburner

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Hornung, R., Verdeil, J.L. (1999). Somatic embryogenesis in coconut from immature inflorescence explants. In: Oropeza, C., Verdeil, J.L., Ashburner, G.R., Cardeña, R., Santamaría, J.M. (eds) Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9283-3_22

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