Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology

Chapter 1 Current status of the coconut industry

Chapter 2 The role of international cooperation in the development of biotechnology in coconut

Chapter 3 The application of molecular markers to coconut genetic improvement

Chapter 4 Genetic improvement of coconut palms

Chapter 5 Use of molecular markers and morpho-agronomical characters in the management of plant germplasm

Chapter 6 Use of RFLP markers to study the diversity of the coconut palm

Chapter 7 RAPD markers in the genetic diversity study of the coconut palm

Chapter 8 Analysis of coconut germplasm biodiversity by DNA marker technologies and construction of a genetic linkage map

Chapter 9 The use of polymorphic microsatellites for assessing genetic diversity in coconut

Chapter 10 Lethal yellowing resistance in coconut germplasm from México

Chapter 11 Prospects for marker-assisted breeding of lethal yellowing-resistant coconuts

Chapter 12 Conventional and molecular approaches for detection and diagnosis of plant diseases: application to coconut

Chapter 13 Detection and diagnosis of lethal yellowing

Chapter 14 Detection and diagnosis of African lethal yellowing-like diseases

Chapter 15 Detection and diagnosis of coconut cadang-cadang

Chapter 16 Detection of coconut cadang-cadang viroid-like sequences

Chapter 17 Detection and diagnosis of coconut foliar decay disease

Chapter 18 The use of biotechnology for the safe movement of coconut germplasm

Chapter 19 Application of in vitro techniques to the conservation and propagation of coconut palms

Chapter 20 Coconut embryo culture

Chapter 21 Cryopreservation of coconut germplasm

Chapter 22 Somatic embryogenesis in coconut from immature inflorescence explants

Chapter 23 Somatic embryogenesis and regeneration in coconut from plumular explants

Chapter 24 Control of environmental conditions and the use of polyamines can optimise the conditions for the initiation and proliferation of coconut somatic embryos

Chapter 25 The use of osmotically active agents and abscisic acid can optimise the maturation of coconut somatic embryos

Chapter 26 The zygotic embryo: a model for physiological studies in coconut

Chapter 27 Effect of medium sucrose on the photosynthetic capacity of coconut vitroplants formed from zygotic embryos

Chapter 28 The application of markers for embryogenesis and organogenesis in coconut propagation

Chapter 29 Recent progress on coconut micropropagation through a joined effort involving different countries

Chapter 30 Scaling-up micropropagation of palms: the example of oil palm

Chapter 31 Potential use of clonal propagation in coconut improvement programs

Chapter 32 Does clonal coconut material have a potential use in any agricultural system?

Chapter 33 Concluding Remarks