Original Article | 2011, Vol.33, No.6, pp. 653-657
Cytokinins and coconut water promoted abnormalities in zygotic embryo culture of oil palm
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.
