Characterization of Morphological and Fruit Quality Traits of Coconut
HORTSCIENCE 56(8):961–969. 2021. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI15887-21 widely acknowledged that the level of coco- nut processing in Hainan is relatively advanced, with coconut juice, coconut milk, Characterization of Morphological and coconut flower juice, coconut wine, and other processed products or by-products favored Fruit Quality Traits of Coconut and trusted by an increasing number of con- sumers (Xia et al., 2007; Zhang, 2011). (Cocos nucifera L.) Germplasm Therefore, researching coconut germplasm resources is of great importance. Ruining Zhang The local coconut resources in China are Coconut Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural relatively simple. The adaptability studies of Sciences, Wenchang, Hainan 571339, People’s Republic of China; Hainan Key introducing germplasm resources from other countries (Li et al., 2009; Sun et al., 2012) Laboratory of Tropical Oil Crops Biology, Wenchang, Hainan 571339, have been helpful for addressing issues such People’s Republic of China; and College of Horticulture, Hainan University, as the lack of germplasm resources and diffi- Haikou, Hainan 570228, People’s Republic of China culty in variety renewal for the Chinese coco- nut industry. Furthermore, the results of Hongxing Cao, Chengxu Sun, and Jerome Jeyakumar John Martin previous studies have helped to facilitate and Coconut Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural improve the breeding process. Therefore, the Sciences, Wenchang, Hainan 571339, People’s Republic of China; and Hainan evaluation and identification of coconut Key Laboratory of Tropical Oil Crops Biology, Wenchang, Hainan 571339, germplasm resources have important practi- ’ cal value and innovative significance. Some People s Republic of China experts have focused on researching the Additional index words.
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