Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Bioversity International
ISBN: 9290431563
Category : Coconut
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: M.L.C. George
Publisher:
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Category : Coconut
Languages : en
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Author: E. A. Frison
Publisher:
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Languages : fr
Pages : 48

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Author: Pons Batugal
Publisher: Bioversity International
ISBN: 9290436298
Category : Coconut
Languages : en
Pages : 797

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Author: C. Oropeza
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401592837
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 435

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The coconut palm occupies a significant place in the world economy as an important subsistence crop in all the areas in which it is grown. Relatively few countries are able to export any quantity of coconut products because of increasing home demands coupled with low productivity. Yields are generally well below potential despite recent developments with improved planting stock and agronomic practices. In the last 50 years, both these aspects have received considerable attention, but the focus is shifting to investigate how the use of recently developed biotechnological techniques- can benefit the coconut industry. This volume, the result of the International Symposium on Coconut Biotechnology (held in December 1997 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico), describes recent research in three important areas. Standard plant breeding techniques used with coconut have produced improved planting material, but progress is inevitably very slow. Can more rapid genetic improvement be obtained using molecular techniques? The papers presented in this section suggest that such techniques will open up exciting new prospects, but only after basic information has been gathered on the genetic status of existing coconut stocks. Research using microsatellite techniques seems to provide a useful tool to help to classifying these stocks. However, only a combination of classical breeding methods with modem techniques will lead to the rapid improvement which is required to supply material for urgent replanting programs.

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Bioversity International
ISBN: 9290431555
Category : Germplasm resources, Plant
Languages : en
Pages : 45

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Author: I. D. Firman
Publisher:
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Category : Coconut
Languages : en
Pages : 27

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Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Bioversity International
ISBN: 9290431512
Category : Citrus
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Collecting, conservation and utiklization of plant genetic resources and their global distribution are essential componentes of international crop improvement programmes. Inevitably, the movement of germplasm involves a risk of accidentally introducing plant quarantine pests*along with the host plant material; in particular, pathogens that are often symptomless, such as viruses, pose a special risk. In order to minimize this risk, effective testing (indexing) procedures are required toensure that distributed material is free of pests that are of quarantine concern. The ever-incrrrreasing volume of germplasm exchanged internationally, coupled with recent rapid advances in biotechnology, has created a pressing need for crop-specific overviews of the existing kno.

Author: Steve Adkins
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030449882
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Widely known as the ‘tree of life’, coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) provides a bountiful source for making a wide variety of healthy foods and industrial items. Its cultivation, however, has been encountering seriously destructive issues including lethal diseases and natural adversities which are currently distressing livelihoods of millions of small-holder farmers around the world. There is an urgent mandate to resolve these issues by meeting sustainable seedling production, facilitating genetic conservation, as well as developing disease identification and modern breeding. This book introduces improvements in coconut biotechnology by covering the advances in micropropagation, germplasm conservation, and molecular pathogenic diagnosis. This comprehensive volume will be a useful source of information and references to researchers, graduate students, agricultural developers, and scholars in the plant sciences. In order to benefit general readers, the book also covers fundamental aspects of biology, diversity, and evolution of this marvelous palm species.

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Bioversity International
ISBN: 9290431520
Category : Cassava
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Technical recommendations. Seed. Pathogen-tested in vitro cultures. Cuttings form pathogen-tested in vitro cultures. Untested vegetative material. Descriptions of pests. Viral diseases. Viruses not known to cause disease. Virus-like disease. Procaryotic diseases. Fungal diseases. Arthropod pests.