Komgrit Inpeuy, Suhaimine Chaemalee, and Somchai Chuan-udom

pp. 653 - 657

Abstract

Induction of adventitious shoot formation from mature zygotic embryo of oil palm was carried out in liquid MS medium
supplemented with various types of cytokinins. Kinetin (KN) alone at concentration of 0.5 mg/l gave the highest adventitious shoot formation at 13.4%. However, abnormal shoots in form of inflorescence-like structure (ILS) were obtained in 5
mg/l KN containing medium. For coconut water a big ILSs were formed at 10.6%. Histological studied revealed that those
inflorescences had no clear floral organs.