Article
Identification of a major QTL in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) associated with resistance to witches' broom disease
2003-06-01
Abstract excerpt
The witches' broom disease caused by the fungus Crinipellis perniciosa is the main limiting factor for cocoa production in South America and the Caribbean. In Brazil, this disease affects almost all cocoa-growing regions, causing serious economic, social and ecological damage. The aim of this study was to map genomic regions associated with resistance to C. perniciosa using an F2 population derived from a cross be...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 45e79e35-2d9d-58ba-ae2b-2a9dd5872432
- DOI
- 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2003.00809.x
