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dc.contributor.authorWilms, H.
dc.contributor.authorDe Bièvre, D.
dc.contributor.authorLongin, K.
dc.contributor.authorSwennen, R.
dc.contributor.authorRhee, J.
dc.contributor.authorPanis, B.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-21T10:01:50Z
dc.date.available2022-09-21T10:01:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationWilms, H., De Bièvre, D., Longin, K., Swennen, R., Rhee, J. & Panis, B. (2021). Development of the first axillary in vitro shoot multiplication protocol for coconut palms. Scientific Reports, 11(1): 18367, 1-10.
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7789
dc.description.abstractThe coconut palm or “tree of life” is one of nature’s most useful plants and the demand for its fruit is increasing. However, coconut production is threatened by ageing plantations, pests and diseases. Currently, the palm is exclusively propagated via seeds, limiting the amount of planting material. A novel micropropagation method is presented, based on axillary shoot formation. Apical meristems of in vitro coconut seedlings are cultured onto Y3 medium containing 1 µM TDZ. This induces the apical meristem to proliferate through axillary shoots in ~ 27% of the initiated explants. These axillary shoots are seen as white clumps of proliferating tissue and can be multiplied at a large scale or regenerated into rooted in vitro plantlets. This innovative micropropagation method will enable the production of disease-free, high quality in vitro plantlets, which will solve the worldwide scarcity of coconut planting material.
dc.format.extent1-10
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCoconuts
dc.subjectPlantations
dc.subjectMicropropagation
dc.subjectSeedlings
dc.subjectPests of Plants
dc.titleDevelopment of the first axillary in vitro shoot multiplication protocol for coconut palms
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationKatholieke Universiteit, Leuven
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Agrobiodiversity Center, Korea
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeBiotech and Plant Breeding
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidWILMS:2021
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectBiodiversity
cg.iitasubjectCrop Husbandry
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPests of Plants
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectTissue Culture
cg.journalScientific Reports
cg.notesOpen Access Article; Published online: 15 Sep 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97718-1
cg.iitaauthor.identifierRony Swennen: 0000-0002-5258-9043
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cg.identifier.issue1
cg.identifier.volume11
cg.contributor.acknowledgementsWe want to acknowledge the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and more specifically Dr. Ramon Rivera for providing us with the plant material that was used in this project, Sibelco and their staff in Dessel and more specifically Bart Wilms and Helen Hamaekers for providing us with the scanning electron microscopy pictures and Natalia Fanega Sleziak for proofreading the document. This study was carried out with the support of the “Research Program for Agricultural Science & Technology Development (Project No.PJ012225)” of the International Cooperative Research Project in National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. This study was carried out with the support of the Directorate-general Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, Belgium (DGD) for the financial support of the project ‘Safeguarding vegetatively-propagated crop diversity to nourish people now and in the future’.


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