Two high-yield hybrid varieties Coconut JVA1 & JVA2
07/08/2014 04:13
By Vo Van Long, Pham Thi Lan, Nguyen Thi Le Thuy, Nguyen Thi Bich Hong. - http://www.ioop.org.vn/
1 / Achievements:
- Has bred 2 JVA1 hybrid coconut seeds (yellow dwarf Malay hijo x height) and JVA2 (red dwarf x high hijo Malays) from the sources to fund coconut tree genetic traits such as early flowering, yield high and dry coconut fruit (reaching 1.7 to 2.0 tons of dry copra / ha / year compared to the local varieties only 1 ton of dried copra / ha / year).
- The hybrid coconut varieties well adapted to the ecological conditions of the Mekong Delta, major coconut-growing regions of the country. Suitable for hybrid coconut desiccated coconut processing, oil pressure due to the high oil content (both hybrid coconut seeds have an oil content reached 65.5% compared to the same local coconut is 63.5%), contributing regional development program for industrial raw materials of vegetable oil.
- Two hybrid coconut seeds JVA2 JVA1 and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Certificate as temporary approval for Plant Research Institute produced to serve the needs of the current development coconut.
2 / Economic efficiency - social:
- Breeding and producing successful JVA1 2 hybrid coconut seeds and JVA2 helped diversify the structure of the land of coconut water, add the coconut oil used for industrial processing products prices high value of copra, coconut shell, coconut shell ...
- The use of hybrid coconut seeds and JVA2 JVA1 help increase the income of coconut farmers thanks to earlier results, increase productivity and work output per unit area, thus contributing to poverty reduction, rural development sustainability.
- Currently 2 JVA1 and JVA2 hybrid coconut seeds is highly favored farmers, seed production to where it is consumed.
- Creating more jobs for people in the community through the coconut plantation and processing components of coconut (coir, copra, coconut shell, coconut milk ...), to help people secure coconut, not demolished as the previous time, which helps industrial oil processing plant has enough raw material to produce stable.