Heritability of single plant yield and incidence of black pod disease in cocoa

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-462

  Lockwood, G ^a   Owusu Ansah, F ^b   Adu Ampomah, Y ^b  

^a PMB Kotoka International Airport ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b New Tafo   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEGAKARYA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 35148813535     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479707005352     Document Type: Article

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