SHORT TERM in vitro PRESERVATION OF COCONUT SEED MATERIAL: A METHOD TO FACILITATE FIELD COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT OF COCONUT GERMPLASM

High cost of transport and the short storage fife of recalcitrant seednuts are two major obstacles to the effective field collection and exchange of coconut germplasm. An in vitro method invol­ving the culture of zygotic embryos of coconut was developed to overcome these problems. The excised embryo...

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Main Author: S.M. Karunaratne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Coconut Community 1988-12-01
Series:CORD
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Online Access:https://journal.coconutcommunity.org/index.php/journalicc/article/view/217