Detection of mislabeled germplasm in cocoa collections using DNA fingerprinting with SSR markers
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Zhang, D., Boccara, M., Mischke, S., Motilal, L., Kolesnikova-Allen, M., Cryer, N., … & Butler, D. (2006). Detection of mislabeled germplasm in cocoa collections using DNA fingerprinting with SSR markers. In 15th International Cocoa Research Conference, 9-14 October, 2006. San Jose, Costa Rica: Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center, (p.1-29).
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Incorrect labeling of cocoa accessions is a significant that has hindered the efficient conservation and use of cocoa germplasm. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), together with the international collaborating institutions, has undertaken a program to identify the cocoa genotypes and describe the genetic diversity in the major international and national cocoa collections maintained in the Americas. To date, a total of 4027 coca accessions maintained in the two international genebanks (ICG, T and CATIE), and in several other national collections in latin America, have been genotyped with a set of 15 standard microsatalite (SSR) loci.