Participatory cocoa (Theobroma cacao) selection in Cameroon: Phytophthora pod rot resistant accessions identified in farmers' fields

Crop Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1467-1473

  Efombagn, M I B ^a   Nyasse S ^a   Sounigo, O ^b   Kolesnikova Allen, M ^c   Eskes, A B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Black pod; Breeding; Farmers' knowledge; Leaf disc inoculation; Participatory selection; Phytophthora megakarya

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COCOA; CROP YIELD; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; INOCULATION; PARASITE RESISTANCE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEGAKARYA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 34548492538     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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