Upgrading and broadening the new South-Pacific International Coconut Genebank
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £317,884
WHERE Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Fiji
Summary
Papua New Guinea’s Pacific International Coconut Genebank is jeopardised by lethal yellowing. Genebank transfer to a safe place in PNG and to new sites in Fiji and Samoa will safeguard existing and new accessions. Most-endangered zones will be explored for cultivars, and scientists trained in their conservation.
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