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Drought mitigation in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) through developing tolerant hybrids.
BMC plant biology - 15 Dec 2021
Juby Baby, Minimol Janaki Seifudeen, Suma Basura, Santhoshkumar Adiyodi Venugopal, Jiji Joseph, Panchami Pottekkat Sidharthan
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BACKGROUND: Cocoa, being a shade loving crop cannot withstand long periods of water stress. Breeding for drought tolerance is the need of the hour due to change in climatic condition and extension of crop to non-traditional areas. Hybrids were produced by crossing four tolerant genotypes in all possible combination. The cross GV1 55 x M 13.12 didn't yield any fruit due to cross incompatibility between these...
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