Population structure and genetic diversity of the Trinitario cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) from Trinidad and Tobago

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 564-572

  Johnson, Elizabeth S ^a,b   Bekele, Frances L ^c   Brown, Steven J ^d   Song, Qijian ^e,f   Zhang, Dapeng ^a   Meinhardt, Lyndel W ^a   Schnell, Raymond J ^d  

^a USDA ARS PSI   (United States)

^b CABI Bioscience   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 63149187142     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.03.0128     Document Type: Article

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