Genetic characterization of the cacao cultivar CCN 51: Its impact and significance on global cacao improvement and production

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 219-229

  Boza, Edward J ^a   Motamayor, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Amores, Freddy M ^c   Cedeño Amador, Sergio ^d   Tondo, Cecile L ^a   Livingstone III, Donald S ^a,b   Schnell, Raymond J ^a,b   Gutiérrez, Osman A ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b MARS INC   (United States)

^c INIAP   (Ecuador)

^d Hacienda Cañas   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Cacao breeding; Genetic groups; Genetic identity; Population structure; SSR; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896368433     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.139.2.219     Document Type: Article

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