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Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology

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Editors:
  1. C. Oropeza

    1. Centro de Investigación Cientifica de Yucatán, Mérida, México

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  2. J. L. Verdeil

    1. ORSTOM-CIRAD, Montpellier, France

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  3. G. R. Ashburner

    1. Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture, Tatura, Australia

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  4. R. Cardeña

    1. Centro de Investigación Cientifica de Yucatán, Mérida, México

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  5. J. M. Santamaría

    1. Centro de Investigación Cientifica de Yucatán, Mérida, México

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

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Biotechnology and the Coconut Industry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Current status of the coconut industry

      • P. G. Punchihewa
      Pages 3-17

    3. The role of international cooperation in the development of biotechnology in coconut

      • P. A. Batugal
      Pages 19-30

  3. Molecular Markers, Coconut Diversity and Genetic Improvement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. The application of molecular markers to coconut genetic improvement

      • G. R. Ashburner
      Pages 33-44

    3. Genetic improvement of coconut palms

      • L. Baudouin
      Pages 45-56

    4. Use of molecular markers and morpho-agronomical characters in the management of plant germplasm

      • S. Hamon, J. L. Verdeil, V. Hocher, A. Rival, S. Dussert, M. Noirot
      Pages 57-71

    5. Use of RFLP markers to study the diversity of the coconut palm

      • P. Lebrun, L. Grivet, L. Baudouin
      Pages 73-87

    6. RAPD markers in the genetic diversity study of the coconut palm

      • L. H. O. Wadt, N. S. Sakiyama, M. G. Pereira, E. A. Tupinambá, F. E. Ribeiro, W. M. Aragão
      Pages 89-97

    7. Analysis of coconut germplasm biodiversity by DNA marker technologies and construction of a genetic linkage map

      • W. Rohde, D. Becker, A. Kullaya, J. Rodriguez, A. Herran, E. Ritter
      Pages 99-120

    8. The use of polymorphic microsatellites for assessing genetic diversity in coconut

      • A. Karp
      Pages 121-129

    9. Lethal yellowing resistance in coconut germplasm from México

      • D. Zizumbo, M. Fernandez, N. Torres, R. Cardeña
      Pages 131-144

    10. Prospects for marker-assisted breeding of lethal yellowing-resistant coconuts

      • R. Cardeña, G. R. Ashburner, C. Oropeza
      Pages 145-159

  4. Molecular Detection and Diagnosis of Coconut Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Conventional and molecular approaches for detection and diagnosis of plant diseases: application to coconut

      • M. Dollet
      Pages 163-181

    3. Detection and diagnosis of lethal yellowing

      • N. Harrison, I. Cordova, P. Richardson, R. Dibonito
      Pages 183-196

    4. Detection and diagnosis of African lethal yellowing-like diseases

      • P. Jones, A. M. Tymon, A. A. Mpunami
      Pages 197-220

    5. Detection and diagnosis of coconut cadang-cadang

      • M. J. B. Rodriguez
      Pages 221-226

    6. Detection of coconut cadang-cadang viroid-like sequences

      • R. A. J. Hodgson, J. W. Randles
      Pages 227-246
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centro de Investigación Cientifica de Yucatán, Mérida, México

    C. Oropeza, R. Cardeña, J. M. Santamaría

  • ORSTOM-CIRAD, Montpellier, France

    J. L. Verdeil

  • Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture, Tatura, Australia

    G. R. Ashburner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology

  • Editors: C. Oropeza, J. L. Verdeil, G. R. Ashburner, R. Cardeña, J. M. Santamaría

  • Series Title: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9283-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5823-7Published: 31 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5265-0Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9283-3Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-1949

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 440

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Pathology

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