Rognon François.
1998. Developments in coconut biotechnology to promote sustainable production.
In : Technological developments in coconut production, product diversification, processing and marketing : Proceedings of the XXXV Cocotech meeting, 13-17 July 1998, Bali, Indonesia. Arancon Romulo N. (ed.). APCC
Résumé : Biotechnologies are generally conducted by highly skilled scientists using sophisticated equipment and complicated techniques in expensive laboratories. To the layperson, the relation between biotechnologies and sustainable development may remain obscure and remote. Biotechnologies however are playing an ever-increasing role in the development of agricultural production and processing. The present paper briefly describes the main research areas grouped under the term of biotechnology: molecular techniques, in-vitro culture, genetic transformation, bioprocessing. It provides a few examples of applications to coconut breeding, cultivation and processing. Although these techniques offer tremendous new opportunities for research, they should not be seen as a substitute for other studies, and especially for field studies. The objective should be to link these different research components together to increase the efficiency of research and provide faster and better solutions to the problems of the coconut industry. Biotechnologies are being used in coconut research and organizations like COGENT and BUROTROP are actively promoting more developments In this direction. It is essential that the main players in the industry recognize the importance of these efforts for the future of coconut and support them with a firm commitment both in terms of policies and funding.
Mots-clés Agrovoc : Cocos nucifera, biotechnologie végétale, recherche, amélioration des plantes, génie biochimique, marqueur génétique, protection des plantes, culture in vitro, politique de la recherche, transformation génétique
Classification Agris : A50 - Recherche agronomique
F30 - Génétique et amélioration des plantes
E16 - Économie de la production
Auteurs et affiliations
- Rognon François, CIRAD-CP-COCOTIER (FRA)
Autres liens de la publication
Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/480170/)
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