Utilization of molecular markers to detect the authenticity of cocoa clones

• Main Authors: Lea Johnsiul, Azwan Awang
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: International Journal of Agricultural, Forestry & Plantation 2016
• Subjects: QK710-899 Plant physiology; SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30953/1/Utilization%20of%20molecular%20markers%20to%20detect%20the%20authenticity%20of%20cocoa%20clones-ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30953/2/Utilization%20of%20molecular%20markers%20to%20detect%20the%20authenticity%20of%20cocoa%20clones.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30953/; https://ijafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/PL-26.pdf

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.), the main source of cocoa-based products and chocolate, must be conserved live in situ or ex situ as its seeds do not remain viable for more than a couple of weeks once the pod has been harvested. The Malaysian Cocoa Germplasm Collection (MCGC) is one of the ex situ collec...