Genetic divergence in cocoa progenies for backcrossing program to witches' broom disease resistance

Backcrossing has been little used in cacao breeding, particularly due to the long time required to transfer genes and recover the genetic background of the recurrent parent. The objective of this study was to select individuals, resulting from the backcross CEPEC-42 x SIC-19, genetically related to...

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Main Authors: Milton Macoto Yamada, Fábio Gelape Faleiro, Uilson Vanderlei Lopes, Acassi Batista Flores, José Luis Pires, Gilson Roberto Pires Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal De Viçosa 2010-02-01
Series:Revista Ceres
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-737X2010000100013&lng=en&tlng=en