Molecular Assessment of <i>Cocos nucifera</i> L. Var. Sri Lanka Yellow Dwarf for Genetic Purity and <i>Aceria</i> Mite Tolerance

Characterisation of Sri Lanka Yellow Dwarf Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) by DNA fingerprinting with SSR markers

“…In Sri Lanka, coconut has been classified into three varieties as Tall (Typica), Dwarf (Nana) and Intermediate (Aurantiaca), and under these three varieties 13 different forms of coconut were recognised by Liyanage (1958). Later, more forms were added into the varietal classification of coconut in Sri Lanka (Liyanage et al, 1988;Perera et al, 1997; December A recent study reported the morphological nonuniformity of the Sri Lanka Yellow Dwarf (SLYD) coconut population (Kamaral et al, 2014;Perera et al, 2015). Later, in addition to the pure SLYD, a new semi tall coconut phenotype was identified within this population bearing yellow coloured nuts.…”

“…The same studies revealed the presence of coconut phenotypes displaying mixed characters of SLYD and newly identified SLYST. In addition, molecular studies revealed the genetic variation of the coconut population bearing yellow colour coconuts in comparison to Sri Lanka tall, gon thembili tall and green dwarf as reference varieties (Kamaral et al, 2014;Perera et al, 2015).…”