The genetic diversity of cacao and its utilization / B.G.D. Bartley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartley, B. G. D. (Basil G. D.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cacao--Germplasm resources.

Cacao.

Cacao--Utilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford : CABI, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An understanding of genetic resources is an essential prerequisite for any breeding programme. The cacao (Theobroma cacao) plant has a rich genetic diversity that exists at two levels: that of the primitive populations in the area of original distribution of the species, and that of the derived cultivated populations. This book provides a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of this subject. Starting with the foundations of genetic diversity in the Amazonian and Caribbean regions, it describes how this has developed in cultivated populations, first in South America and around the Cari

Contents:

About the Author; Preface; Foreword; 1 The Background to the Subject: Concepts and a Brief History; 2 The Terminology Specific to Cacao; 3 The Indicators of Variability; 4 The Manifestation of the Diversity and Its Conservation; 5 The Foundations of the Diversity; 6 The Cultivated Populations as Secondary Depositories of the Diversity; 7 The Genetics of the Diversity; 8 The Relationships among Populations; 9 The Utilization of the Genetic Resources; 10 Epilogue; References; Appendix; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-83360-2

9786610833603

1-84593-024-X

OCLC:

70729372