The status of Cola germplasm and its conservation in Nigeria
2003
Adebola, P.O. (Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan (Nigeria). Plant Breeding Group) | Badaru, K.
At the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), efforts have been ongoing since the 1960s to establish a wide genetic base for Cola nitida and Cola acuminata as a first step towards improving their productivity through the use of an appropriate breeding programme. Consequently, exploration and a systematic selection exercise was carried out from the large number of kola populations in the country, based mainly on yield and various nut characteristics. The exercise has given rise to a total of 74 C. nitida accessions currently being maintained in our various field genebanks. Other collections include five species of wild Cola materials and 710 accessions of C. acuminata. The problems facing the germplasm conserved in the various field genebanks are highlighted
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