On August 23, an online training course was conducted in Haikou of China, in which professor TANG Longxiang from Coconut Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences(CRI,CATAS) presented a subject of Coconut Breeding and Planting for the High-yielding Production .

Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is the only accepted species of Genus Cocos, and it is an important subsistence crop and commercial oil crop in, largely coastal, tropical regions which has been grown in more than 93 countries and supports the livelihoods of millions of people. Coconut is known as “the tree of life”, providing food, drink, shelter and raw materials for industries. In this training course, professor TANG principally introduced coconut germplasm resources around the world, some typical planting materials and high-yielding plantation establishment, etc. In his presentation, many typical technologies was presented, such as controlled pollination, cross-breeding to obtain excellent hybrid varieties, embryo culture, tissue culture, seed selection, seedling culture, cultivation practices, maintenance of plantations, nutrition diagnosis and fertilization for the high production, etc.  

       Besides, professor TANG also briefly introduced some useful technologies for management of coconut diseases and pests, products processing during the special interactive questioning link, when trainees spontaneously participated in the classroom online in the training course.

       This training course involved 42 trainees from 5 Lancang-Mekong countries, including Cambodia,  Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, which was a part of Online Training Course on Production and Management of Tropical Agriculture for Lancang-Mekong Countries (August 16th—August 27th, 2021, Haikou, China) .