Acknowledgements
Authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India for this investigation.
Thanks are also due to Dr. M.G. Bhat, Director, Directorate
of Cashew Research, Puttur for his encouragement. Thanks are also
due to Dr. K.R.M. Swamy, Retired Principal Scientist (Horticulture)
for providing cashew descriptor information on germplasm. Technical
assistance provided by Mr. Prakash Bhat and transcript by Mr.
Muthu Raju are also gratefully acknowledged.