The genetic diversity of cacao and its utilization /

The cacao (Theobroma cacao) plant is an important Neo-Tropical species whose natural habitat is the Amazon basin. Over the last 30 years there has been a considerable geographical expansion in the availability of cacao genetic resources. As a result the plant has a rich genetic diversity that exists...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bartley, B. G. D. (Basil G. D.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Wallingford : CABI, ©2005.
Series:CAB books.
Subjects:
Cacao > Germplasm resources.
Cacao > Utilization.
Cacaoyer > Ressources génétiques.
Cacaoyer > Utilisation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The background to the subject : Concepts and a brief history
  • The terminology specific to Cacao
  • The indicators of variability
  • The manifestation of the diversity and its conservation
  • The foundations of the diversity
  • The cultivated populations as secondary depositories of the diversity
  • The genetics of the diversity
  • The relationships among populations
  • The utilization of the genetic resources.

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