Genetic improvement in coconut relies on exploiting the vast existing diversity among
coconut accessions. Robust molecular markers are a pre-requisite for efficient …

Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is one of the important palms grown both as a homestead and
plantation crop in countries and most island territories of tropical regions. Different DNA …

This review provides a detailed outline of the developments in the field of coconut breeding.
Emphasis is laid on research on both classical and molecular genetic tools for improving the …

Coconut palm is an important economic plant species in fragile coastal and island
ecosystems of the tropics. The palm is a multipurpose perennial crop whose diversity at …

A collection of 96 palms, representing 16 diverse coconut accessions from the International
Coconut Genebank for South Asia and the Middle East (ICG-SAME), Kidu, India, was …

The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera L., native of the humid tropics, is a versatile, multipurpose
palm with slender unbranched stem crowned with a cluster of long green pinnate leaves …

A rich genetic diversity of coconut exists in farmer's fields, which represent valuable genetic
resource for breeding. The study was conducted to assess the pattern of diversity in 102 …

Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) has emerged as a cost-effective approach for genome-
wide discovery of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and high-throughput …

Leaf and fruit parameters of Vitellaria paradoxa populations in north-south gradient of the
shea belt in the transitional and Guinea Savanna zones of Ghana were compared during the …

The extent of genetic diversity in 26 coconut accessions from the Andaman and Nicobar
(A&N) Islands was determined using 14 microsatellite markers. A total of 103 alleles were …