Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) tissue culture ESTs: identifying genes associated with callogenesis and embryogenesis

• Main Authors: Low, Leslie Eng Ti, Alias, Halimah, Boon, Soo Heong, Md. Shariff, Elyana, Tan, Amos Chi Yee, Ooi, Leslie Cheng Li, Cheah, Suan Choo, Abdul Rahim, Raha, Wan, Kiew Lian, Singh, Rajinder
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15888/1/15888.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15888/; https://bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2229-8-62
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Background: Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis 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 cycle can take up to 10 years. This has brought about interest in vegetativ...