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  • Landmark★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · 2004

    Coconut genetic improvement in Vanuatu: overview of research achievements from 1962 to 2002. Part 1: Improvement of the Vanuatu Tall by mass selection

    Labouisse J-P, Sileye T, Morin J-P, Hamelin C, Baudouin L, Bourdeix R, Rouzière A — OCL / CIRAD

  • Landmark★ VARTCCIRAD 1984–93IRHO · 1985

    L'amélioration du cocotier au Vanuatu et son intérêt pour la région du Pacifique. Rôle de la station de Saraoutou

    Calvez C-H, Julia J-F, de Nucé M — Oléagineux 40 (IRHO)

  • Landmark★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · c. 2003

    Status of coconut genetic resources research in Vanuatu

    Labouisse J-P (CIRAD-VARTC), Lahva J (DARD) — IPGRI / COGENT country report

  • Landmark★ VARTCVARTC/CARFV 1994–2002CARFV · CIRAD · 2001

    Une approche de la conservation in situ par l'étude d'un système semencier informel : cas du cocotier au Vanuatu

    Labouisse J-P, Caillon S — OCL 8(5)

  • Landmark★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–ACIAR · VARTC · 2021

    Increasing the productivity and market options of smallholder beef cattle farmers in Vanuatu. Final report LPS/2014/037

    Quigley S, Addinsall C, Cox K, Waldron S; contributors incl. Steglar Tabiaga, Jerine Natapu — ACIAR

  • Landmark★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CTRAV · CIRAD · Crop Trust · 2021

    Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Yam Genetic Resources

    Lebot V (lead author; CIRAD / CTRAV) — Crop Trust

  • LandmarkVARTC/CTRAV 2003–FAO · 2013

    Climate Change and Agriculture in Vanuatu: a study of crops and farming system

    Mael H S — FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific

  • LandmarkVARTC/CTRAV 2003–Government of Vanuatu · 2002 / 2008

    VARTC Act [CAP 286] and VARTC (Amendment) Act No. 9 of 2008

    Republic of Vanuatu — WIPO Lex / FAOLEX

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  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · 2026

    Coconut roadmap summary. The road to sustainable coconut growing [2024-2034]

    CIRAD-FRA — Agritrop (Cirad)

    • Coconut
    • Soils & farming systems
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · INRAE · SPC · Bioversity / CIAT · COGENT · USP · Montpellier univ. · 2026

    Controlled pollination and reproductive strategies in coconut: A framework for farmer-led breeding, seednut production, and in situ conservation

    Bourdeix, Roland; Johnson, Vincent; Pilotti, Carmel; Ellacott, William; Chant, Herenui — Ethnobotany and Economic Botany

    • Coconut
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Horticulture & vegetables
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · UNC / IAC · 2026

    Genetic diversity and morphological variation of aibika [Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik.] in Melanesia

    Lawac, Floriane; Labouisse, Jean-Pierre; Rivallan, Ronan; Molgos, Rosanne; Paofa, Janet; Robert, Nadia; Lebot, Vincent — Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

    • Horticulture & vegetables
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Root crops & tubers
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · UNC / IAC · University (other) · 2026

    Morphological variation and genetic diversity of breadfruit [Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg] in Vanuatu

    Kaoh, Juliane; Labouisse, Jean-Pierre; Bulememe, Benonny; Rivallan, Ronan; Garavito, Andrea; Lebot, Vincent — Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

    • Fruit & nuts
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Soils & farming systems
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · 2026

    Preliminary Results on the Production of Heart of Coconut in Vanuatu. Effect of the Planting Density on the Yield

    Jean‐Pierre Labouisse; Tiata Sileye; Chantal Hamelin; Xavier Bonneau; André Rouzière — CORD

    • Coconut
    • Pests & diseases
    • Soils & farming systems
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · UNC / IAC · 2026

    Shotgun sequencing data and SSR mining data of aibika (Abelmoschus manihot, Malvaceae)

    Rivallan, Ronan; Garavito, Andrea; Lawac, Floriane; Robert, Nadia; Paofa, Janet; Labouisse, Jean-Pierre — Data in Brief

    • Horticulture & vegetables
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Root crops & tubers
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · 2026

    Synthèse de la feuille de route cocotier. Vers une culture durable du cocotier [2024-2034]

    — CIRAD

    • Coconut
    • Fruit & nuts
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2025

    Acquisition de connaissances approfondies sur la génétique de l'espèce Dioscorea alata pour la production de variétés à haut rendement et de qualité

    Arnau, Gemma — Université de Montpellier

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    CIRAD Agritrop record ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · 2025

    Australian Oceania Region of diversity

    Lebot, Vincent; Hammer, Karl — Diversity and geography of cultivated plants

    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · 2025

    Constraints to participatory plant breeding and participatory variety selection of tropical root and tuber crops: A review

    Lebot, Vincent; Viquez Zamora, Carlos — Euphytica

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Pests & diseases
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2025

    Geographical origin and cultivar differentiation of Kava ( Piper methysticum ) using Artificial Neural Network with FTIR Spectroscopy: A Novel Method

    Ronick Spenly Shadrack; Daniel Tari; Hancy Tabi; Jacinta Botleng; Rolina Kelep; Ladyshia Regenvanu; Mowa Pakoasongi; Edword Butjukabwaelep; Galana Siro; Atan et al. — bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

    • Kava
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–USP · University of Hawaii · 2024

    Breadfruit in the Pacific Islands, its domestication and origins of cultivars grown in East Polynesia and Micronesia

    Lex Allan James Thomson; Jean‐François Butaud; Paul Geraghty; William H. Wilson; David Mabberley — Journal of South Pacific Agriculture

    • Fruit & nuts
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Landing page ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2024

    Cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott) genetic resources and breeding: a review of 50 years of research efforts

    Lebot, Vincent; Ivancic, Anton; Lawac, Floriane — Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Horticulture & vegetables
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · National Tropical Botanical Garden · 2024

    Compte rendu de génotypage des accessions d'arbre à pain de la collection de Raiatea (Polynésie Française)

    Labouisse, Jean-Pierre; Rivallan, Ronan; Lebot, Vincent — CIRAD

    • Fruit & nuts
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Soils & farming systems
    CIRAD Agritrop record ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–University (other) · 2024

    Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources with reference to the Pacific Island Countries

    Shipra Shah; Hemalatha Palanivel; Andrew McGregor — Sustainable development and biodiversity

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Fruit & nuts
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · IRD / ORSTOM · USP · Univ. of Queensland · CSIRO · Lincoln University · Manaaki Whenua / Landcare Research · University of Hawaii · Montpellier univ. · 2024

    Damage to tropical forests caused by cyclones is driven by wind speed but mediated by topographical exposure and tree characteristics

    Ibanez, Thomas; Bauman, David; Aiba, Shin-Ichiro; Arsouze, Thomas; Bellingham, Peter J.; Birkinshaw, Chris; Birnbaum, Philippe; Curran, Timothy J.; DeWalt, S et al. — Global Change Biology

    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Forestry & agroforestry
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · 2024

    Improving characterization and utilization of Coconut genetic diversity in the Pacific and South-East Asia region: ImpresS ex ante Workshop, Los Baños, Philippines, December 1-5, 2023

    Durot, Claire; Raison, Emmanuel — CIRAD

    • Coconut
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    CIRAD Agritrop record ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · SPC · 2024

    Phenotypic diversity and reproductive biology of the coconut palm. Virtual training on "Collecting and managing information and data on coconut germplasm," organized by the Land Resources Division of the Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji. (2024, August 20–21). Online course

    Bourdeix, Roland — s.n.

    • Coconut
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Horticulture & vegetables
    CIRAD Agritrop record ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2024

    The lesser yam Dioscorea esculenta Burkill: a neglected crop with high functional food potential

    Lebot, Vincent; Abraham, Kuttolamadathil; Melteras, Marie — Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Horticulture & vegetables
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · IRD / ORSTOM · FAO · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2024

    Use of SSR markers and FTIR chemometrics to assess the nobility of kava cultivars from the Pacific

    Lebot, Vincent; Labouisse, Jean-Pierre; Rivallan, Ronan; Kaoh, Juliane; Davrieux, Fabrice — Food Control

    • Kava
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Soils & farming systems
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · SPC · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2023

    Conventional breeding of Pacific Island staple crops: A paradox

    Lebot, Vincent; Komolong, Birte; Labouisse, Jean-Pierre; Lawac, Floriane; Kaoh, Juliane; Logotonu, Meleisea Waqainabete; Sukal, Amit; Grahame, Jackson — CABI Reviews

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Coconut
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · COGENT · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2023

    Exploration, conservation et valorisation de la diversité chez trois pérennes tropicales : caféier, cocotier et arbre à pain

    Labouisse, Jean-Pierre — Institut Agro Montpellier

    • Coffee
    • Coconut
    • Fruit & nuts
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · 2023

    Feuille de route des recherches Cirad à 10 ans sur la filière Cocotier

    Garavito, Andrea; Labouisse, Jean-Pierre; Ollivier, Laurence; Pilet, Fabian; Prades, Alexia; Sidibé-Bocs, Stéphanie; Bancal, Victoria; Billotte, Norbert; Bon et al. — CIRAD

  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2023

    Metabolite fingerprinting of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces assessed for post-harvest physiological deterioration (PPD)

    Lebot, Vincent; Lawac, Floriane; Muñoz-Cuervo, Ismael; Mercier, Pierre-Edouard; Legendre, Laurent — Food Chemistry

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · University (other) · 2023

    Nutritional and phytochemical characterization of taro (Colocasia esculenta) germplasm from Burkina Faso

    Ouédraogo, Nicolas; Djifaby Sombié, Pierre Alexandre Eric; Traoré, Renan Ernest; Sama, Hemayoro; Bationo Kando, Pauline; Sawadogo, Mahamadou; Lebot, Vincent — Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–SPC · Kew · 2023

    The forgotten giant of the Pacific: a review on giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don)

    Jonas V. Müller; Filippo Guzzon — Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Forestry & agroforestry
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2023

    The greater yam (Dioscorea alata L.): A review of its phytochemical content and potential for processed products and biofortification

    Lebot, Vincent; Lawac, Floriane; Legendre, Laurent — Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · ACIAR · SPC · James Cook University · Queensland DAF / DPI · 2023

    Understanding the cocoa genetic resources in the Pacific to assist producers to supply the growing craft market

    Natalie Dillon; Dapeng Zhang; Lars Nauheimer; Elison Toramo; Paitia Nagalevu; Marie-Vianney Melteras; Sandrine Wallez; Kuinimeri Finau; Sefanaia Nakidakida et al. — New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

    • Cocoa
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Soils & farming systems
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · 2022

    Feuille de route des recherches Cirad à 10 ans sur la filière Racines et Tubercules

    Lebot, Vincent; Dufour, Dominique; Chaïr, Hâna; Cornet, Denis; Mbéguié-A-Mbéguié, Didier; Naudin, Krishna; Teycheney, Pierre-Yves; Tran, Thierry — CIRAD

  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2022

    Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott), breeding history, objectives, methods and strategies: a review of fifty years of sporadic efforts

    Lebot, Vincent; Ivancic, Anton — Euphytica

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Pests & diseases
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · University (other) · 2021

    Abscisic acid phytohormone estimation in tubers and shoots of Ipomoea batatas subjected to long drought stress using competitive immunological assay

    Gouveia, Carla S.S.; Ganança, José F.T.; Slaski, Jan; Lebot, Vincent; Pinheiro de Carvalho, Miguel A.A. — Physiologia Plantarum

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · INRAE · University (other) · 2021

    Caryatin and 3'-O-methylcaryatin contents in edible yams (Dioscorea spp.)

    Fel, Benjamin; Baudouin, Anne; Fache, Fabienne; Czarnes, Sonia; Lebot, Vincent; Legendre, Laurent — Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · SPC · 2021

    Coconut risk management and mitigation manual for the Pacific Region

    Bourdeix, Roland; Sourisseau, Jean-Michel; Lin, Jessie — Pacific Community (SPC)

    • Coconut
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Pests & diseases
    CIRAD Agritrop record ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–IntechOpen eBooks · 2021

    Identification of Cassava Varieties in Ex-Situ Collections and Global Farmer’s Fields: An Update from 1990 to 2020

    Luís Augusto Becerra López‐Lavalle; Adriana Bohórquez-Chaux; Xiaofei Zhang — IntechOpen eBooks

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Soils & farming systems
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · ACIAR · 2021

    Increasing the productivity and market options of smallholder beef cattle farmers in Vanuatu - Final report

    Quigley, Simon; Addinsall, Cherise; Cox, Kendrick; Waldron, Scott — ACIAR Final Report FR2021-005 (project LPS/2014/037)

    • Livestock & pasture
    • Soils & farming systems
    Download PDF ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · MALFB / DARD (Vanuatu Ministry & Dept of Agriculture) · University (other) · 2021

    Phenotyping chlorogenic acids and coumarins in sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] breeding lines for enhanced tolerance to periderm pathogens

    Lebot, Vincent; Leo, P.; Legendre, Laurent — Euphytica

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Pests & diseases
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–CIRAD · INRAE · Montpellier univ. · University (other) · 2021

    The complete chloroplast genome of Artocarpus altilis (Moraceae) and phylogenetic relationships

    Borges de Souza, Ueric José; dos Santos, Raíssa Nunes; de Araújo Filho, Renisson Neponuceno; dos Santos, Gil Rodrigues; Almeida Sarmento, Renato; De Bellis et al. — Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources

  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–University (other) · 2021

    Unlocking the inherent potential of plant genetic resources: food security and climate adaptation strategy in Fiji and the Pacific

    Hemalatha Palanivel; Shipra Shah — Environment Development and Sustainability

    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    • Forestry & agroforestry
    • Horticulture & vegetables
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · University (other) · 2021

    Variation in oxalate content among corm parts, harvest time, and cultivars of taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott)

    Kristl, Janja; Sem, Vilma; Mergedus, Andrej; Zavišek, Mojca; Ivancic, Anton; Lebot, Vincent — Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–VARTC · CIRAD · University (other) · 2020

    Changes in oxalate composition and other nutritive traits in root tubers and shoots of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. [Lam.]) under water stress

    Gouveia, Carla S.S.; Ganança, José F.T.; Lebot, Vincent; Pinheiro de Carvalho, Miguel A.A. — Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • Root crops & tubers
    • Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
    Open DOI ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Records come from CIRAD Agritrop, HAL, OpenAlex, Crossref, SPC, ACIAR and other open repositories; every entry links to the original publisher or repository. ★ marks records by VARTC or under its former names, or that name the Saraoutou station.