Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology

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

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.

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• biotechnology
• coconut
• development
• genetic improvement
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• 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

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