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Establishment of cacao clones in nigeria

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The successful establishment of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) farms in Nigeria is often difficult. The West African Amelonado cacao variety, planted in the Western Nigeria cacao-belt mainly during the 1930's can no longer be established in large, basically deforested areas. There is a great need for improved establishment methods and cacao varieties well adapted to exposed environmental conditions. The behaviour of 40 cacao clones under such conditions is reported. Clones originating from parents collected in 1938 from the Upper Amazon region in Peru have performed surprisingly well.

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Toxopeus, H. Establishment of cacao clones in nigeria. Euphytica 17, 38–45 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00038964

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