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What is the Project? The
project is a nursery operation that will cater to home gardens and coconut plantations.
The product is a
line of high breed coconut that are genetically engineered to be dwarf and bears fruit at
the height of 1.5 meters. There are 15 varieties developed by Alamco R&D
Team of Microbiologist. The varieties are determined
by color, size and roundness. The color ranges from green, gold and red. Size is from
oblong to round. Size of coconut fruit ranges 3 inches to 10 inches diameter. |
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Strategic
technology
In addition, to the genetic engineering, the R&D team has developed
the technology of propagation using tissue
culture. This enables mass production of coconut seedlings in laboratory environment. |
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The international market implication of this technology is exciting
because it can be sold as a home garden plant ( a palm that actually bears coconut for
salad). (Photo: Coconut Bonsai research team and golden variety) |
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Alamco R&D has also developed a fertilizer (drip) that will enhance the ability of the coconut to
survive different climatic conditions and to maximize its fruiting ability.
Up to 200 fruit nuts per year is possible. |
| Before planting in mass, however, a suitability testing to
formulate the most suitable fertilizer is required. |
Distance between plant is 7 meters. About 190 plants will
fit in 1 hectare. |
What is the International market implication?
Combining the result of R&D for dwarf coconut genetics, the technology to mass produce
by tissue culture, and the drip to enable the plants to fruit at any condition,
PLUS the bonsai golf innovation ---the combination of these in parallel
commercial lines is exciting.
It is also possible to add more variation to the commercialization. The
coconut line can also be an orchard plant for a farm
that wants to sell green coconuts for juice. The green coconut can be sold as fruit to
supermarkets and fruit markets. It can be sold to industrial farms which is engage in just
producing coconut high breed seeds. You can forget coconut oil and cosmetics because these
markets are fully serviced.
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(Photo: Coconut seedlings grown from tissue culture in laboratory
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Contact for more information
e-mail: cocobonsai@alamco.com.au
If export of cultures is not allowed
In some countries, however, the export of plant cultures is prohibited. In
this situation the export of the technology itself to develop dwarf cultures
from locally available species is a possibility.
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