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Tissue culture of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) as a tool for its vegetative propagation

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Coconut and oil palms can be vegetatively propagated by tissue culture (in vitro culture). Experiments with the oil palm had some promising results, viz the formation of a juvenile shoot and the initiation of roots in explants.

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    G. Staritsky

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Staritsky, G. Tissue culture of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) as a tool for its vegetative propagation. Euphytica 19, 288–292 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01904205

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