This catalogue lists only items named in published sources. It is not the full accession register: the 2016 collections held 44 coconut, 463 yam, 288 aroid, 330 cassava and 32 sweet-potato varieties, 86 cocoa clones and more.[4][7][11] A full, searchable accession list [TO CONFIRM — VARTC to supply].
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Biosecurity first. Coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) on Santo limits the movement of seednuts.[18] Germplasm exchange with other countries goes through regional partners such as SPC CePaCT.
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- Labouisse & Lahva, Status of coconut genetic resources research in Vanuatu
- Vanuatu Daily Post, 15 Jul 2023 — First VARTC Strategic Plan launched
- VARTC website, Coconut Section (2016)
- Vanuatu Daily Post, 28 Jun 2017 — hybrid yam named after late Dr Roger
- SPC, Jan 2020 — Pacific Seeds for Life: yam breeding in Vanuatu
- VARTC website, Root Crops Section (2016)
- VARTC website, History (2016)
- Lebot & Cabalion 1988 — Kavas of Vanuatu: cultivars of Piper methysticum (SPC)
- 2024 — SSR markers and FTIR chemometrics to assess the nobility of kava cultivars from the Pacific (Food Control)
- VARTC website, Cocoa Program (2016)
- VARTC website, Coffee Program (2016)
- VARTC website, Horticulture Section (2016)
- Pacific Breadfruit Project, Vanuatu trip report (2014)
- Lawac et al. 2026, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
- VARTC website, Livestock Section (2016)
- Coulon, Chazal & Calvez, IRHO Saraoutou cattle-under-coconut review
- Vanuatu Daily Post — CRB threat challenges coconut replanting goals