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Genetic Variability in Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera. L)

Volume : 68
Issue: Sep-sep
Pages: 588 - 593
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Abstract


Phenotypic and genotypic variability in cosunut palm was studied in a collec-tion of 25 varieties and two liybrids. A wide range of phenotypic variation was observed in the varieties. Among the characters, number of leaves per year, number of leaves on the crown. number of spathes per year. sumher of female fleworo par palm. setting percentage and number of nuts were found te have high genetic advance, and these charactors may be considered reliable for excercising selection,

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588 - 593
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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