Rehabilitation, Characterization, Improvement and Conservation of Cocoa Germplasm

$400K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture
Country	Ecuador
Start Date	Mar 07, 2005
End Date	Aug 20, 2010
Duration	1,992 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`5592-3`

Grant Description

Through CIRAD, utilize QTL analysis, determine genetic traits linked to the premium cocoa "arriba" flavanoids, identify strains with demonstrated disease resistance to Crinipellis and Moniliopthora, investigate other determinants of the unique Equadorean flavanoids, assess resistance in current breeding stock and improve quality of strains, transfer clonal propagation technologies to farmers.