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Authors thank Dr. R.R.A. Peries of Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia for his valuable comments, Ms. Mithila Jayasundara of Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka for proof reading and the moderator of the Coconut Time Line (http://cocos.arecaceae.com) for assistance with citations.

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  1. Genetics and Plant Breeding Division, Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka, CRISL, Bandirippuwa Estate, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka

    Lalith Perera & Suriya A.C.N. Perera

  2. Department of Primary Industries, Plant Genetics and Genomics, 3300, Hamilton, Victoria, Sri Lanka

    Champa K. Bandaranayake

  3. Coconut Industry Board of Jamaica (retired), Weymouth, DT3 5NP, Dorset, UK

    Hugh C. Harries

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  1. Inst. Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Gregor Mendel Str. 33A, Wien, 1180, Austria

    Johann Vollmann

  2. Dept. Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Stone Road W. 50, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada

    Istvan Rajcan

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Perera, L., Perera, S.A., Bandaranayake, C.K., Harries, H.C. (2009). Coconut. In: Vollmann, J., Rajcan, I. (eds) Oil Crops. Handbook of Plant Breeding, vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77594-4_12

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