De novo assembly and characterization of the draft genome of the cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.).

Cashew is the second most important tree nut crop in the global market. Cashew is a diploid and heterozygous species closely related to the mango and pistachio. Its improvement by conventional breeding is slow due to the long juvenile phase.

Insights on Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Linkage Disequilibrium in Globally Diverse Coconut Accessions Using Genotyping-by-Sequencing.

Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) has emerged as a cost-effective approach for genome-wide discovery of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and high-throughput genotyping. In this study, 96 coconut palms, representing 16 accessions from globally diverse origins, were genotyped using the GBS strategy. A total of 10,835 high-quality SNPs, which were identified after stringent filtering, were utilized to assess genetic diversity, population structure, and linkage disequilibrium (LD) analyses.

Assembly and Annotation of the Nuclear and Organellar Genomes of a Dwarf Coconut (Chowghat Green Dwarf) Possessing Enhanced Disease Resistance.

Coconut ( L.), an important source of vegetable oil, nutraceuticals, functional foods, and housing materials, provides raw materials for a repertoire of industries engaged in the manufacture of cosmetics, soaps, detergents, paints, varnishes, and emulsifiers, among other products. The palm plays a vital role in maintaining and promoting the sustainability of farming systems of the fragile ecosystems of islands and coastal regions of the tropics.

Facile coconut inflorescence sap mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its diverse antimicrobial and cytotoxic properties.

Green synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) involves the use of diverse extracts of biological origin as substrates to synthesize NPs and can overcome the hazards associated with chemical methods. Coconut inflorescence sap, which is unfermented phloem sap obtained by tapping of coconut inflorescence, is a rich source of sugars and secondary metabolites. In this study, coconut inflorescence sap was used to synthesize silver NPs (AgNPs).

Transcriptome sequencing and de novo assembly in arecanut, L elucidates the secondary metabolite pathway genes.

L. belongs to the Arecaceae family which comprises many economically important palms. The palm is a source of alkaloids and carotenoids.

Genetic relationship and diversity among coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) accessions revealed through SCoT analysis.

Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is one of the important palms grown both as a homestead and plantation crop in countries and most island territories of tropical regions. Different DNA-based marker systems have been utilized to assess the extent of genetic diversity in coconut.

Accumulation of phenylpropanoid derivatives in chitosan-induced cell suspension culture of Cocos nucifera.

Chitosan-induced elicitation responses of dark-incubated Cocos nucifera (coconut) endosperm cell suspension cultures led to the rapid formation of phenylpropanoid derivatives, which essentially mimics the defense-induced biochemical changes in coconut palm as observed under in vivo conditions. An enhanced accumulation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid as the major wall-bound phenolics was evident. This was followed by p-coumaric acid and ferulic acid.

A database for coconut crop improvement.

Unlabelled: Coconut crop improvement requires a number of biotechnology and bioinformatics tools. A database containing information on CG (coconut germplasm), CCI (coconut cultivar identification), CD (coconut disease), MIFSPC (microbial information systems in plantation crops) and VO (vegetable oils) is described. The database was developed using MySQL and PostgreSQL running in Linux operating system.