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Abdullah,Ruslan; Zainal,Alizah; Yew Heng,Wee; Chui Li,Leaw; Chee Beng,Yeap; Mei Phing,Lee; Abdullah Sirajuddin,Salwa; Soo Ping,Winnie Yap; Lourdes Joseph,Juanita; Azma Jusoh,Siti. |
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is the highest yielding oil-bearing crop. However, being a perennial crop, genetic improvement of oil palm is extremely slow. Indeed, compared to other annual oil crops such as soybean and rapeseed, genetic manipulations remained less important. Therefore, to remain competitive, oil palm growers and breeders need new and novel approaches. In this report, the potential of immature embryos (IE) as a useful tool for oil palm genetic transformation studies was evaluated. It was evident that IEs were amenable to both direct and Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer. Due to the abundant supply of IE, optimization of biolistic and Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer into IEs were easily carried out. Transient transformation... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Genetic transformation studies; Immature embryos; In vitro culture; Oil palm; Plant regeneration. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582005000100006 |
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