Oil palm (<it>Elaeis guineensis </it>Jacq.) tissue culture ESTs: Identifying genes associated with callogenesis and embryogenesis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Oil palm (<it>Elaeis guineensis </it>Jacq.) is one of the most important oil bearing crops in the world. However, genetic improvement of oil palm through conventional breeding is extremely slow and costly, as the breeding...

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Main Authors: Ooi Leslie CL, Tan Chi-Yee A, Shariff Elyana M, Boon Soo-Heong, Alias Halimah, Low Eng-Ti L, Cheah Suan-Choo, Raha Abdul-Rahim, Wan Kiew-Lian, Singh Rajinder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-05-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/8/62