African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12486

Full Length Research Paper

Use of mineral salts to remove recalcitrance to somatic embryogenesis of improved genotypes of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.)

Daouda Koné
  • Daouda Koné
  • Laboratoire de Génétique, UFR Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Oulo N’Nan-Alla
  • Oulo N’Nan-Alla
  • Laboratoire de Génétique, UFR Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Kan Modeste Kouassi
  • Kan Modeste Kouassi
  • Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale, UFR Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Kouablan Edmond Koffi
  • Kouablan Edmond Koffi
  • Laboratoire Central de Biotechnologies (LCB), Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), KM 17 Adiopodoumé, 01 BP 1740 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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  •  Received: 30 October 2020
  •  Accepted: 08 December 2020
  •  Published: 31 January 2021

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