DOST-PCAARRD, PCA launch 7 coconut hybridization R&D projects • BusinessMirror

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Coconut hybridization research and development (R&D) aims to help the local coconut industry by sustaining the supply of quality planting materials in order to produce high-value products. To support this, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) partnered with three Philippine Coconut

Coconut hybrid with somatic embryogenesis technology is planted at the PCA-Zamboanga Research Center.

Six of the seven projects focus on varietal improvement and selection of palms with outstanding traits, profiling hybrids and breeding cultivars that are resistant to biotic or ecological and abiotic or nonliving stresses. The monitoring and evaluation plan of each project and grant guidelines were also presented to the project teams.

 

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