Safeguarding cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) germplasm by cryopreservation : the vitrification approach
The need to conserve biodiversity of cocoa has become paramount due to the action of a range of diseases, pests and environmental hazards. In 1983 bushfire destroyed 60, 000 ha of cocoa plantation in Ghana and as of 1982 185.5 million trees have been cut down in Eastern region of Ghana alone due to...
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University of Reading
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553690 |