Variability of butterfat content in cacao (Theobroma cacao L.): Combination and correlation with other seed-derived traits at the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-186

  Khan, N ^a   Motilal, L A ^a   Sukha, D A ^a   Bekele, F L ^a   Iwaro, A D ^a   Bidaisee, G G ^a   Umaharan, P ^a   Grierson, L H ^a   Zhang, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Butterfat; Cacao; Correlation; Seed traits

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 55549100988     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262108994132     Document Type: Article

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