| Sumario: | Indonesia Accelerates Coconut Tissue Culture Innovation with Bambu Nusa Verde, ICC, and BAPPENAS, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 10–11 October 2025
At its Yogyakarta facility, Bambu Nusa Verde presented two promising approaches for coconut micropropagation:
COAXIM (Coconut Axillary Meristems), a breakthrough clonal technique that eliminates the callus phase and enhances genetic stability, and Somatic Embryogenesis (SE), a complementary embryo based method for large scale multiplication. The team demonstrated consistent progress in tackling early stage challenges such as embryo browning and contamination. Through careful control of light exposure and the use of activated charcoal, researchers are refining culture protocols to improve embryo survival.
Since March 2025, Bambu Nusa Verde has been perfecting its standard operating procedures through persistent experimentation, a process now strengthened by the direct mentorship of Dr. Bart Panis, who personally evaluated their techniques and provided detailed feedback for optimization. The lab has successfully processed 123 explants, with roughly 80 via the COAXIM method, and is now developing standardized fruit selection criteria based on maturity, size, weight, water volume, and mesocarp thickness, laying the groundwork for a scalable elite variety propagation system.
A central highlight of the program was the presentation by Dr. Bart Panis, whose pioneering work in plant cryopreservation and tropical crop tissue culture has reshaped how the world conserves and multiplies valuable genetic resources.
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