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Collected at Surunda estate near the station in 1963 (field plots 1964 and 1967); one of the two founding populations of the Vanuatu Tall breeding programme.[1]
Sources: Labouisse et al. 2004, OCL — coconut improvement in Vanuat… ↗
Collected at Leroux plantation near the station (1967); second founding population, intercrossed with VTT1 to create the improved VTT.[1]
Sources: Labouisse et al. 2004, OCL — coconut improvement in Vanuat… ↗
From several cycles of mass selection: average copra yield 2.2 t/ha/year and 195 g copra per nut; completely tolerant to CFDV and easily multiplied by farmers.[2][1]
Sources: Labouisse & Lahva, Status of coconut genetic resources res… ↗ · Labouisse et al. 2004, OCL — coconut improvement in Vanuat… ↗
1998–2000 ADB-funded survey of 14 sites on 10 islands: 200 nuts from each of 12 populations, plus 18 special variants (spicata form, unique nut colours). As of 2003 the local collection held 20 Vanuatu Tall populations and the Vanuatu Red Dwarf.[2]
Sources: Labouisse & Lahva, Status of coconut genetic resources res… ↗
Local Dwarf in the gene bank; female parent of the VRD × VTT hybrid.[2]
Sources: Labouisse & Lahva, Status of coconut genetic resources res… ↗
CFDV-tolerant hybrid produced in Saraoutou seed gardens and released to farmers 1986–1996 (3.4 t/ha/year on station); discontinued because of low nursery germination, low copra content (154 g) and immature-bunch drop.[2]
Sources: Labouisse & Lahva, Status of coconut genetic resources res… ↗
Introduced Tall from the region; self-pollinated RIT progenies without disease symptoms are used as female parent to improve hybrid tolerance.[2]
Sources: Labouisse & Lahva, Status of coconut genetic resources res… ↗
The most promising hybrid: 2.6 t/ha/year and 237 g copra per nut; flowers about 30 months after planting. Released with the Strategic Plan in July 2023. Cannot be reproduced by farmers.[2][3]
Sources: Labouisse & Lahva, Status of coconut genetic resources res… ↗ · Vanuatu Daily Post, 15 Jul 2023 — First VARTC Strategic Pl… ↗
Codes as published after cyclone Dani: TACD, VRD, SYD, CRD, NLAD, PILD, CATD, THD, MBD, BGD, MRD, AROD, MYD.[2]
Sources: Labouisse & Lahva, Status of coconut genetic resources res… ↗
44 varieties or populations: 14 Dwarfs, 20 local Tall cultivars and 10 exotic Talls.[4]
Named after the late Dr Roger Malapa; launched in 2017 at the Saratamata (Penama) yam festival.[5][6]
Sources: Vanuatu Daily Post, 28 Jun 2017 — hybrid yam named after l… ↗ · SPC, Jan 2020 — Pacific Seeds for Life: yam breeding in Va… ↗
Named after Santo champion farmer White Sailas, who harvested 20 tonnes of yams in July 2019, about half of them White Waelu.[6]
Sources: SPC, Jan 2020 — Pacific Seeds for Life: yam breeding in Va… ↗
Honours Chief Jerome Natu of Santo.[6]
Sources: SPC, Jan 2020 — Pacific Seeds for Life: yam breeding in Va… ↗
Five accessions acquired in 2016 by Marie Melteras — parents of later hybrids.[6]
Sources: SPC, Jan 2020 — Pacific Seeds for Life: yam breeding in Va… ↗
Released in July 2023 with the Strategic Plan.[3]
Sources: Vanuatu Daily Post, 15 Jul 2023 — First VARTC Strategic Pl… ↗
Improved island taro released in July 2023.[3]
Sources: Vanuatu Daily Post, 15 Jul 2023 — First VARTC Strategic Pl… ↗
Kava joined the mandate in 1998; VARTC and CIRAD research covers kavalactone chemotypes and the nobility of Pacific cultivars. Reference: the Kavas of Vanuatu catalogue (1988).[8][9][10]
Sources: VARTC website, History (2016) ↗ · Lebot & Cabalion 1988 — Kavas of Vanuatu: cultivars of Pip… ↗ · 2024 — SSR markers and FTIR chemometrics to assess the nob… ↗
86 clones covering the main cacao types: Criollo, Trinitario, Forastero and Amelonado (2016).[11]
Seedlings in polybags and pods; about 8,000 hybrid pods (320,000 seeds) a year (2016).[11]
Grafted coffee material; station blends combine Arabica and Robusta (2016 list).[12]
150 breadfruit (2016); surveyed by the Pacific Breadfruit Project in 2014 with the Malo orchard.[13][14]
Sources: VARTC website, Horticulture Section (2016) ↗ · Pacific Breadfruit Project, Vanuatu trip report (2014) ↗
20 citrus varieties including pamplemousse, orange, tango, mandarin and Tahitian lime; grafted citrus on demand (2016).[13]
Regional breeding activity (2016); 2026 genetic study of 227 accessions in Melanesian gene banks, Vanuatu’s included.[13][15]
Sources: VARTC website, Horticulture Section (2016) ↗ · Lawac et al. 2026, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution ↗
Genetic resources conserved at VARTC; Charolais crossbreeding since 1967.[16][17]
Sources: VARTC website, Livestock Section (2016) ↗ · Coulon, Chazal & Calvez, IRHO Saraoutou cattle-under-cocon… ↗
Released in July 2023.[3]
Sources: Vanuatu Daily Post, 15 Jul 2023 — First VARTC Strategic Pl… ↗
Seeds and clumps for pasture in the open and under coconut (2016).[16]
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