Embryo Culture Kopyor Coconuts 100% in one Coconut Bunch

Kopyor coconuts 100% in one coconut bunch

Kopyor coconuts 100% in one coconut bunch - One variant of coconut is kopyor coconut, has many names in various countries, called macapuno in the Philippines, kopyor in Indonesia and Malaysia, and coconut sport in the US.

Kopyor coconut is often also referred to as a failed coconut, because in one bunch of coconut which usually contains 5-10 nuts, there will be around 2-3 nuts which fail to form coconut meat.

Although it is called a failed nut, this type of coconut turns out to have a high demand, because its texture and taste are very unique. Kopyor coconut or macapuno, much in demand, especially for the food and beverage industry.

Kopyor coconut has meat which texture separate from shell, with a savory and sweet taste almost like young coconut meat but crisp, the water content in Kopyor coconut is less when compared to normal coconut, but has a sweeter and fresher taste.

Quoting from https://www.sciencedirect.com, The chief constituent of kopyor water was sucrose (about 92% of the total sugar); in contrast, the young or normal-mature nut water contained glucose and fructose as the main sugars. α-Tocopherol was detectable in the kopyor water. Total amino acid content of kopyor water was higher than that of the young or normal-mature water. Like the young or normal-mature nut water, kopyor water seemed to be a good source of dietary minerals, with potassium as the predominant one.
The relatively high contents of sucrose, glucose, fructose, citric and malic acids might contribute to the deliciousness of kopyor meat. The lipid content of kopyor meat was lower than that of the normal-mature meat, but fatty acid profiles were similar.

To meet the increasing market demand for Kopyor coconut, the steps that must be done is to plant. Here was the problem of  kopyor coconut seeds, for nut seeds derived from coconuts, only able to produce 25% kopyor coconuts in one coconut bunch.

To be able to produce 100% kopyor coconut in one bunch, the way is to do embryo culture techniques that can only be done in the laboratory.

Kopyor coconut seed embrio culture

Embryo culture is done by taking shoots on kopyor coconuts, in this way, we can be sure that when planted and already harvested, 100% of kopyor coconuts will be obtained in one bunch.

Kopyor coconut seed

Kopyor coconut seedlings produced by embryo culture have very high prices in my country, maybe because of its complicated process and guaranteed quality of all 100% kopyor seeds, for 1 kopyor coconut seeds produced from embryo culture are sold at Rp. 1,000,000 - Rp. 1,250,000, this price is very far compared to the usual coconut seeds or hybrids that are sold at Rp. 35,000 - Rp. 50,000 only.


Kopyor coconut seedlings from embryo culture have the characteristic absence of coconuts as a reserve of nutrients to grow.

Kopyor Coconut or Macapuno, and it taste

Kopyor Coconut  - Maybe this is my lucky day, when I visited my friend's house, he actually said that he had a coconut tree that was different from coconut trees in general, his coconut trees often produced kopyor coconuts.

I was lucky because he want to get it directly from the tree, and he climbed a coconut tree and took one coconut, yes, only one, coconut kopyor is a coconut that has an abnormality in coconut flesh and coconut water.

Coconut trees that often produce kopyor coconuts are almost 15 years old, planted behind his house and very close to fish ponds, the history of this tree when it was planted, also came from the parent which produced kopyor coconut, had also thought to breed This coconut is to be able to have a coconut tree that produces kopyor coconut too, but there are several assumptions that make doubt, which one is whether kopyor coconut can be cultivated from kopyor coconut.

About Kopyor Coconut

Kopyor coconut is very famous in the world, especially with the name Macapuno, the name Macapuno comes from Philippines, in several countries in Asia with a high population of coconut trees, also has their respective names in each country, such as dong kathi in Cambodia, thairu tengai in India, kopyor in Indonesia and Malaysia, niuk scratching in Papua New Guinea, pia in Polynesia, dikiri pol in Sri Lanka, maprao kathi (Thai: กะทิ) in Thailand, and dừa sáp ('wax coconut') in Vietnam quoted from the page en.wikipedia.org.

The name Kopyor Coconut is taken from the vocabulary in Javanese, kopyor means inappropriate, incomplete, damaged, or half.

Although in several regions in Indonesia also have other names, but the name of Kopyor Coconut is the most famous for the name of the coconut fruit that has this disorder.

Kopyor Coconut in general has the same shape as other coconuts, which distinguishes only the flesh of the coconut fruit has a different texture and taste. The old kopyor coconut, coconut water can be very little or even none, kopyor coconut has an uneven texture of meat, has a soft texture like ice cream, just by using a spoon, we can easily take kopyor coconut meat. Flavors produced from coconut kopyor tend to be sweet and savory.

Because kopyor coconut is very rarely found and has a high demand, the price for one kopyor coconut can be 4-5 higher than the price of ordinary coconut, the high economic value of kopyor coconut is what then makes many parties think about how to cultivate kopyor coconut .

Kopyor Coconut Cultivation.

Quoted from the page litbang.pertanian.go.idlitbang.pertanian.go.id, Kopyor Coconut Plant is divided into two types, namely the Inner type and the early type. Each has different characteristics.

In the Type Kopyor coconut has the characteristics of large stems, have a ball at the base of the stem, start flowering at the age of 5-7 years, the size of the fruit is quite large but few in number, and has a high genetic diversity because the flowers cross pollinate so that the chances of meeting the recessive genes in female flowers and pollen are relatively small. Naturally, kopyor coconut plants in type only produce 1-2 kopyor coconuts per bunch.

Whereas the early Kopyor Coconut has a smaller stem than the Inner type, does not have a ball at the base of the stem, starts to produce fruit at the age of 3-4 years, the fruit is smaller in size but a lot. Kopyor coconut types of early maturing produce kopyor fruits per bunch more than Inner types, sometimes it can reach 50%, this is due to early types of coconuts including self-pollinating plants so that the chances of recessive genes meeting on female flowers and pollen are greater.

In kopyor coconut cultivation can be done in two ways.

First, the conventional way, using seeds derived from bunches that produce kopyor fruit. Plants that are propagated this way if they have produced only produce 1-2 grains / bunches.

Second, in vitro method, which is to grow embryos from kopyor fruit on artificial growth media in the laboratory under aseptic conditions. Plants produced in this way will produce 90% to 100% kopyor coconuts.

Due to the nature of the flowering characteristics of the coconut plants cross-pollinating, kopyor coconut seedlings. In the results of in vitro techniques must be planted in an isolated area from ordinary coconut trees. The tolerable distance is 400 meter. Conversely, because of the nature of self-pollination, early Kopyor coconut seedlings can be planted in areas that are not isolated too tightly like the Inner type.

Types of Kopyor Coconut.

In general, Kopyor coconut has the same characteristics as normal coconut, as already mentioned above, but from the results of the study, at least there are already superior varieties of Kopyor coconut that have been released by official agricultural institutions in my country, namely:

1. Dwarf Brown Kopyor Coconut ( Kelapa kopyor Cokelat genjah )

2. Dwarf Green Kopyor Coconut.( Kelapa Kopyor Hijau Genjah )

3. dwarf Yellow Kopyor Coconut. ( Kelapa Kopyor Kuning genjah )

Conclusion.

kopyor coconut is one of the abnormalities in coconuts, with unique characteristics and flavors causing this type of coconut has many enthusiasts, especially for consumption, either as food or drinks, with the development of technology in agriculture, it is not difficult to get superior seeds of kopyor coconut which of course is very helpful in cultivation in order to get more benefits, especially in economic terms.

Below, I attach a video which i am documented about kopyor coconut, which I shared a little above.