• Premise of study: To reliably identify lineages below the species level such as subspecies
or varieties, we propose an extension to DNA‐barcoding using next‐generation sequencing …

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is an important cash crop in tropical growing regions of the
world and particularly for small cacao farmers. Over the past two decades,'CCN 51'has …

Theobroma is a plant genus included in tribe Theobromeae, subfamily Byttnerioideae
Burnett and family Malvaceae. Discrepancies exist in taxonomy at family and genus level …

The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao L.) is native to the Amazon basin and widely cultivated in
the tropics to produce seeds, the valuable raw material for the chocolate industry …

Identification of genetically diverse cacao with disease resistance, high productivity, and
desirable organoleptic traits is vitally important to the agricultural crop's long-term …

Two cocoa types, Arriba and CCN-51, are being cultivated in Ecuador. With regard to the
unique aroma, Arriba is considered a fine cocoa type, while CCN-51 is a bulk cocoa …

Trinidad and Tobago has a long history of producing high-quality cacao (Theobroma cacao
L.). Cacao genotypes in Trinidad and Tobago are of a highly distinctive kind, the so-called …

Objective Sidalcea is a genus of flowering plants restricted to the west coast of North
America, commonly known as checkermallows. Remarkably, of the~ 30 recognized species …

Cacao trees have been cultivated in Mesoamerica for at least 4,000 years. In this study, we
analyzed sequence variation in the chloroplast DNA trnH-psbA intergenic spacer from 28 …

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are thought to be common in plant mitochondrial (mt)
genomes, but have yet to be fully described for bryophytes. We screened the mt genomes of …