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Identification and development of drought-tolerant cocoa hybrids: physiological insights for enhanced water use efficiency under water stress conditions.
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SUBMITTER: Baby J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC12010686 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Identification and development of drought-tolerant cocoa hybrids: physiological insights for enhanced water use efficiency under water stress conditions.
BMC plant biology 20250421 1
<h4>Background</h4>Water stress affects the most important determinants of yield-canopy architecture, photosynthesis, and partitioning of assimilates. Being a perennial crop, the water requirement in cocoa is fairly high. Therefore, identifying drought-tolerant plant varieties within cocoa species is critically important, especially in the context of ongoing climate variability attributed to climate change. This research aimed to develop cultivars that efficiently utilize available/minimal water ...[more]