Objectives

Our objectives are:

• to collect new native genetic resources from the south of the Amazon, related to the variety "Nacional" but with a larger diversity favorable to the creation of new aromatic varieties

• to characterize this plant material morphologically, genetically, biochemically and for sensorial traits, and confirm its relationship to the Nacional variety

• to better understand the present and past domestication of cocoa trees in order to better exploit its diversity, trying to find traces of the use of cacao in archaeological remains (ancient pottery dating from 3000 to 5000 years ago) by the analysis of ancient DNA.