The Biotechnology Program focuses on the application of biotechnology in accelerating coconut production and utilization through tissue culture, genomics (gene expression) and DNA Marker technology-assisted crop improvement, crop protection and biofuels production. Salient aspects of the program are: Molecular disease diagnosis-CCCVd indexing, Mass production of biocontrol agents against coconut pests- baculovirus, Tissue culture (Coconut embryo culture, Somatic embryogenesis), Genomics (Genome mapping, Gene expression, DNA marker technology), Development of natural products and Biomass utilization (Coco ethanol production).
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