Phenotypic Reversion of Somaclonal Variants Derived from Inflorescence of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in the Open Field Trials

• Main Authors: Mirani, Abdul Aziz, Teo, Chee How, Abul-Soad, Adel Ahmed, Markhand, Ghulam S., Jatt, Tahira, Mirbahar, Ameer A., Solangi, Najamuddin
• Format: Article
• Published: Smith and Franklin Academic Publishing 2019
• Subjects: QH Natural history; SB Plant culture
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24027/; https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.sja/2019/35.3.719.726

The likelihood and degree of the reversion of somaclonal variations have not been reported for tissue-cultured date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) plants derived from immature inflorescences. In this study, three to four years old field grown tissue cultured date palm plants of cvs. Kashuwari and Gulist...