Sterility in Theobroma cacao L. (original) (raw)

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POUND1, during his 1937–38 expedition to the upper reaches of the Amazon, made a collection of Theobroma cacao L. types which he hoped would be resistant to witches broom disease, Marasmius perniciosus Stahel. These were sent to Trinidad as material for his breeding programme. In 1943 Posnette2 visited Trinidad from the Gold Coast and obtained pods from these trees, as he was interested in their possible resistance to cacao swollen shoot virus.

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  1. West African Cacao Research Institute, P.O. Box 8, Tafo, Gold Coast
    R. KNIGHT & H. H. ROGERS

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  1. R. KNIGHT
  2. H. H. ROGERS

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KNIGHT, R., ROGERS, H. Sterility in Theobroma cacao L..Nature 172, 164 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172164a0

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