Ongoing Projects

Determination of Appropriate Embryo Splitting Technique


Makapuno embryo culture is limited by the production of only one plantlet per embryo inoculated. Media modification and improvement of nursery management are currently being done to increase survival rate of in vitro brown plantlets. On method to possibly double the efficiency of the technique is by splitting the embryo. Consequently, this will reduce the price of in vitro grown seedlings.

Makapuno Embryo Culture – In-house
1994

The project aimed to mass produce embryo-cultured makapuno seedlings and showcase the technology in order to facilitate the dissemination of good, disease-free, makapuno embryo-cultured seedlings. It also aimed to determine the success rate and other factors in splitting makapuno embryo, to determine the effects of using technical grade reagents in the formulation of culture media, and to identify the effect of various concentrations of hormones and sugar on growth and development of makapuno embryos.

The PCRDF Techno-Calendar
1984

Since 1985, PCRDF has published its annual poster-calendar featuring various coconut technologies. The calendar is distributed to coconut-related organizations, research agencies, individual scientists and researchers, and selected public and private companies interested in coconut research developments. It is also a means of reaching out to coconut farmers through dissemination of practical information.

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