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Cryopreservation of coconut germplasm

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Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 35))

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Seeds cannot be used for coconut germplasm conservation owing to their large size and their highly recalcitrant storage behaviour that precludes storage under conventional dry and low-temperature conditions. Therefore, genetic resources of coconut are maintained mainly in field genebanks. There are many field collections of coconuts in various countries, usually connected with coconut research institutes. The FAO database on germplasm holdings contains a total of 950 accessions (Ramanatha Rao et al, 1998).

This paper is dedicated to the memory of the late Béatrice Assy-Bah, researcher at IDEFOR-DPO, Côte d’Ivoire

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Engelmann, F. (1999). Cryopreservation of coconut germplasm. In: Oropeza, C., Verdeil, J.L., Ashburner, G.R., Cardeña, R., Santamaría, J.M. (eds) Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9283-3_21

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