Coconut Germplasm Database

Introduction

Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is an important multipurpose perennial crop of humid tropics. It is grown in nearly 2 million hectares of land in India. It supports million small and marginal farm families. The crop also serves many people in fragile ecosystem of coastal and island areas.

What is Germplasm

Germplasm is the sum total of diversity available in a species is a pre-requisite for genetic improvement program. Coconut genetic resources assembled from various parts of the country and other growing countries serve various needs of coconut researchers. Characterization and documentation of genetic resources is an important step before tapping the full potential of germplasm.

CPCRI collections

CPCRI has now the world's largest germplasm collection comprising of 313 accessions including 132 exotic (from 22 countries) and 181 indigenous accessions. For this 313 accessions Passport data, germination, plant morphology & genetic characteristic data, copra yield and oil data were collected and preserved. This data were integrated in Coconut Germplasm Database.

How to access the database.

This database consists of above mentioned data of 181 indigenous accession and the pictures of around 89 coconut cultivars. Using this database we could retrieve the details of Passport data, Morphological and genetic characteristic data by simply choosing the name of the cultivars from the drop down menus. It would also provide the accession No. and the place of location of the collection. Same interface would also provide the details of Passport data with sub field of Accession data and collection data, Characterization data with sub fields of germination, Plant morphology, Infloresence, fruit, flower, copra yield and oil and pictures of fruit and flower of the selected cultivar.