Michel Boccara
Michel is a visiting Scientist at CRC from the ”Centre de Coopération Internationale de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement” (CIRAD, France). He is leading the research team of CRC's Bio-molecular Section conducting studies on cocoa trees identification with molecular markers, genetic diversity and candidate gene identification.
Areas of expertise, interest/specialties
• DNA fingerprinting of cocoa trees accessions
• Assessment of genetic diversity of ICG,T collection
• Development of new bio-molecular techniques for tree identification: SNP markers, CAPS
• Gene identification for quality traits
• Development of a pollen conservation technique
Projects/Publications
• ARCAD: comparative population genomics in wild and crop plants: a genome and phylogenetic wide approach
Selected Publications
"Discovery and mapping of a new EST-SNP and SSR panel for large-scale genetic studies and breeding of Theobroma cacao L." Submitted on-line (2011)
“The genome of Theobroma cacao” Nature Genetics Volume:43, Pages:101–108 (2011)
Contact Information
Cocoa Research Centre
The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad.
Tel: (868) 662 2002 Ext. 82178
Fax: (868) 662 8788
E-mail: Michel.boccara@sta.uwi.edu or Michel.boccara@cirad.fr
