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Somatic Embryogenesis in Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)

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Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed I

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 30))

Abstract

The coconut palm, (Cocos nucifera L.), also given the name “tree of life” or the “tree of a hundred uses”, plays an important socioeconomic role. It is a heliophilous plant widely distributed throughout the humid intertropical zone, where it is grown on more than 10 million ha in 80 countries (Pannetier and Buffard-Morel 1986).

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  1. J. Buffard-Morel

    Present address: Laboratoire des Ressources Génétiques et Amélioration des Plantes Tropicales, ORSTOM, 911 avenue d’Agropolis, BP 5045, 34032, Montpellier Cedex, France

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    Verdeil, J.L., Buffard-Morel, J. (1995). Somatic Embryogenesis in Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03091-2_20

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