Training Fijian researchers to the editing of coconut germplasm catalogues. Report on the mission at the Taveuni Coconut Centre, Fiji, of a CIRAD Coconut Breeder from January 20th to 31st 2001

Bourdeix Roland. 2001. Training Fijian researchers to the editing of coconut germplasm catalogues. Report on the mission at the Taveuni Coconut Centre, Fiji, of a CIRAD Coconut Breeder from January 20th to 31st 2001. Abidjan : CIRAD, 22 p.

Résumé : The main objectives of the mission were to train Fijian researchers and collect information –pictures and texts - for the future edition of two COGENT catalogues of coconut germplasm. It was a good opportunity to visit the Taveuni coconut Centre (TCC) in January 2001, because M. Vijendra Kumar, is now studying in Samoa for one year. Nobody else in Fiji will be able to conduct cataloguing activities until June 2001 (date of return of M. Tevita Kete from its Philippines study journey). A big work of standardization was done to fit the Fijian coconut cultivar names with international standards. The data in the Coconut Genetic resources database was improved, especially for passports and fruit analysis. Most of the available data were inputted in the CGRD database. Most of the pictures requested for the catalogues were done during the mission, and the negative films were kept in TCC. It was agreed that Fijian researchers will soon make the few remaining pictures and will complete and revise the textual description for the publication of both COGENT and local catalogues.

Mots-clés libres : Coconut, Coconut palm, Catalogue of conserved germplasm, Catalogue, Fiji, COGENT, Diversity, Varietal characterization

Auteurs et affiliations

• Bourdeix Roland, CIRAD-CP-COCOTIER (CIV)

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