For the first time, Vietnam has successfully bred two rare and precious coconut varieties, coconut wax (Makapuno) and pineapple coconut (Aromatic). The waxed coconut has a rich gut like yogurt, which has very high economic value for the food processing industry.
Coconut wax (Photo: pcrdf.org)
Pineapple coconut has a fragrant smell like Northern sticky rice mixed with pineapple, a kind of drink favored by many foreign tourists.
Engineer Vu Thi My Lien, in charge of embryo tissue culture - Biotechnology, Institute of Oil - Plants, which has been successfully propagated, said in nature, coconut wax almost does not germinate, And pineapple coconut is very low germination rate.
