Application of X-ray microanalysis to cell suspensions of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.).
X-ray microanalysis has been used to determine the elemental composition of oil-palm (Elaeis guineesis) cell suspensions without the use of cryoprotectants. Results based on individual cells were gathered over a typical growth cycle of 14 d. During the log phase (5-7 d) there is an increase in the number of cells containing high concentrations of both K (400 mmol kg(-1) dry weight) and P (400 mmol kg(-1) dry weight). Morphologically these cells had thin cell walls and were frequently joined to other cells (two to five cells per clump).
Department of Anatomy, St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7EH, London, UK.
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