Abstract:
The study was undertaken to identity prepotent palms from among five coconut types vi/.., three
Komadan generations. West Coast Tall and Natural Cross Dwarf based on growth rate of seedlings at the
9th month of germination. For most of the seedling characters, Komadan generations (Manju, 1992) showed
significant superiority over WCT and they behaved as a distinct group with regard to total leaf area over both
WCT and NCD. They were also found to be significantly superior to WCT for seedling vigour index and
number of seedlings with split leaves. The three Komadan generations were on par regarding recovery ot
quality seedlings and were significantly superior to WCT. Based on this character, 20 per cent of the palms
in Komadan were identified to be prepotent.