Twenty years of agronomic evaluation of wild cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao L.) from French Guiana

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-321

  Lachenaud, Ph ^a   Paulin, D ^a   Ducamp, M ^a   Thevenin, J M ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Agronomic traits; Cocoa; French Guiana; Leaf test; Moniliophthora; Phytophthora

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; COCOA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; MORPHOLOGY; PEST RESISTANCE; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

CAMOPI BASIN; FRENCH GUIANA; SINNAMARY RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; TANPOK BASIN;

MIRIDAE; MONILIOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 34447576632     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.05.016     Document Type: Review

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