3. Results
3.1. Screening of pollen grains for CSSV
All the pollen grains isolated from the anthers of cocoa trees
T2 and T4 tested 100% positive to the CSSV by PCR/agarose electrophoresis
and PCR/capillary electrophoresis. The control (H)
tested negative to the CSSV (Table 1).
3.2. Hand pollination of cocoa trees
During the period of hand pollination, flower production was
variableonthe cocoa trees while the control tree (H) producedmore