Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (Jan 2008)

CULTIVAR RELEASE-BRS 275 (BRS Dão): Hybrid clone of dwarf x common or giant cashew

  • João Rodrigues de Paiva,
  • José Jaime Vasconcelos Cavalcanti,
  • Levi de Moura Barros,
  • João Ribeiro Crisóstomo,
  • Antônio Calixto Lima,
  • José Emilson Cardoso,
  • Antônio Lindemberg Martins Mesquita,
  • José Luiz Mosca

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 248 – 250

Abstract

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BRS Dão is a cashew clone developed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation Embrapa, sectorTropical Agro-industry, in partnership with the Companhia Industrial de Óleos do Nordeste (CIONE). It was selected from aplant derived from the cross between the dwarf clone CCP 1001 and the common genotype CP 12. It is recommended forcultivation without irrigation along the coastline in the Northeast of Brazil and in similar environmental conditions for bothnut and peduncle production for the fruit juice industry.

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