Creation of in vivo germplasm bank of indigenous coconut varieties in the municipality of Baracoa

Abstract

The work was developed in the period from May - June 2018 in the agroproductive scenario of the CCS Rodolfo Rosell specifically in the farm of the farmer Eladio Lambert, farm "La Felicidad" where the fundamental mission is aimed at developing capacities to establish and operate a Germplasm Bank for the in situ conservation of native and autochthonous varieties and ecotypes in the different areas of the Baracoa municipality, of agricultural importance that contributes to the sustainability and conservation of the varieties. As preliminary results, a germplasm bank was formed in the aforementioned farm integrated by the varieties: green, yellow, coffee with milk and copper, it is necessary to emphasize that the increase in the varieties in the bank itself will continue.