The Bido variety is an essential genetic material for coconut breeding

Abstract

Several tall dwarf and hybrid types coconut were released by IPCRI-IAARD as commercial varieties since more than 40 years ago. Bido is a recently release tall coconut variety having many excellent traits such as early flowering, low height increments, and high yielding. With good cultivation practices, Bido tall variety could flower as early as three years and the first harvest was in 4 years after planting. Bido tall variety yield potential could reach up to 120 nuts/palm/year. As germplasm collections, Bido tall variety was planted in 2017 at Mapanget Experimental Garden. Subsequently, Bido tall variety seed garden was planted in 2018 at Kayuwatu Experimental Garden, North Sulawesi Province. The Bido tall coconut was recently used as parent to generate progenies derived from self- and cross-pollinations. Moreover, the Bido tall variety has been used as male parent and hybridized with some Dwarf coconut varieties to develop hybrid coconut varieties in the future.