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The vegetative multiplication of high-performance individuals is a promising possibility for producing homogeneous planting material and improving the productivity and homogeneity of coconut plantations. Cloning would also result in more rapid exploitation of breeding results with rapid distribution of clones in breeding programs. Mastery of coconut regeneration by somatic embryogenesis would open the way to genetic transformation by introduction of genes bestowing resistance to certain diseases, thereby giving resistant plants.
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Buffard-Morel, J., Verdeil, J.L., Dussert, S., Magnaval, C., Huet, C., Grosdemange, F. (1995). Initiation of somatic embryogenesis in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.). In: Oropeza, C., Howard, F.W., Ashburner, G.R. (eds) Lethal Yellowing: Research and Practical Aspects. Developments in Plant Pathology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0433-3_18
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