Sobre melhoramento de cacaueiro

Abstract

This paper presents the results of beginning of the cross breeding program of cocoa Theobroma leicarpa, Bern., carried out in 1962 at the Central Experiment Station "Theodureto de Camargo", Campinas, in the Horticultural Section. The cocoas used in the experiment were: the purple and white seeds. The crossing of the cocoa purple seeds with the cocoa white seeds results in purple seeds; and the cross of the cocoa white seeds the cocoa white seeds results in white seeds.