Data analysis manual for coconut researchers

This publication on ”Data Analysis Manual for Coconut Researchers” provides basic statistical concepts and includes: sampling methods, frequency distribution of observations, estimation and tests of significance, analysis and relationships between variables, basic principles for planning and conducting coconut field trials, basic experimental designs for coconut trials, experimental designs for coconut trials with modified blocking, experimental designs for multiple factors, analysis of multilocation trials, and multivariate analysis and determination of genetic distance. The manual provide details of experimental designs to use in agronomic, breeding trails and germplasm characterization and evaluation. The data used for most of the examples in this manual are actual research data on coconut generated at the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod, India. Almost all the analyses described in this manual have been described with some suitable examples and step-by-step procedures. Using this tutorial-type manual, coconut researchers as well as other researchers can practice computation by themselves using the examples provided in this manual and then use the same procedure to analyze their own data.The manual also include introduction to 'R' and its use to perform statistical analysis for data presentation in this manual and are presented as Appendices. The objective of the appendices is to explain how the 'R' statistical software can be used to perform the analyses presented in the manual. Data in the Tables of this manual have been copied into text files readable by 'R'. The contents of these text files are printed at the end of respective appendices. A gray background is sued for 'R' commands and a frame with white background for the results returned by 'R'. It is easy to test the 'R' commands by copying the text of the gray areas into the 'R' console. It is therefore expected that this publication will help the scientific community to better plan and manage their experiments and, analyze and interpret their experimental data

Farmer participatory research on coconut diversity: Workshop report on methods and field protocols

The contents of this report include the presentations, discussions and protocols produced at the Workshop on Farmer Participatory Research on Coconut Diversity held in both Davao, Philippines, 16 - 28 March 1998 and in Taveuni, Fiji, 24 - 28 March 1998. Two smaller follow up workshops were held in the Solomons and in Bangladesh, the results of which are also included. This volume provides documentation of a work in progress. It is intended as a reference for coconut scientists and development specialists in carrying out participatory field research with farmers. The contributors and participants welcome feedback and dialogue on approaches to foster greater participation of farmers in coconut research and conservation and greater recognition by scientists and development workers of the rich fund of knowledge on coconut diversity maintained by small-scale farmers

Proceedings of the COGENT regional coconut genebank planning workshop, 26-28 February 1996, Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia

To develop the draft work plans, agreements and funding strategies, this Regional Coconut Genebank Workshop was conducted in Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia near the site of one of the ICGs, from 26 to 28 February 1996. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), countries are to exchange and use as well as to conserve their biodiversity. Accordingly, draft agreements including Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) and Germplasm Acquisition Agreements (GAAs) were discussed and refined during the workshop. These model agreements lay out the terms and conditions under which countries are to provide the germplasm to the ICG, for users to make requests for germplasm and conditions under which the germplasm is to be transferred to the user. Although field genebanks in each hosting country will be the primary mechanism for conservation, other conservation methods, including in vitro and cryoconservation, may be developed once necessary technologies and funding are in place. Methods to ensure safe movement to prevent the spread of pests and diseases were also discussed as well as a strategy to conserve coconut diversity in field genebanks