Citrus ranks first in world fruit production, with 81 million tons produced in 1994 (FAO, 1995).
More than 3 million hectares are cropped with citrus fruit, from warm temperate to tropical …

Under the conditions prevailing at Paracou-Combi (French Guiana), 96 local wild cocoa
trees belonging to ten populations from the Camopi and Tanpok rivers, and already pre …

Misidentification is a major constraint to the conservation and utilization of cacao genetic
resources. One solution for rapid and accurate identification is to produce a Field Guide for …

Cacao has been domesticated from ancient times. It was cultivated about 2000 to 3000
years ago by the pre-Colombian civilizations, particularly the Mayas and the Aztecs …

The value of characterization data for germplasm identification, utilization, diversity studies,
genebank management and rationalization of germplasm collections is well documented …

Proposed Short List of Cacao Descriptors For Characterization Page 1 1 Source: Working
procedures for cocoa germplasm evaluation and selection. Proceedings of the CFC/ICCO/IPGRI …

A survey conducted in the major cocoa growing tracts of Tamil Nadu could identify 27 plus
trees. These trees were observed for a period of two years to study the variability in yield and …

I hereby declare that this thesis entitled “Performance analysis of selected accessions of
cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.)” is a bonafide record of research done by me during the course …

Cocoa breeding in the Republic of Cote d'ivoire (WI) began with selection of Lower Amazon
(LA) clones and was later based on selection of hybrids between Upper Amazon (UA) and …