“…After the initial phases of clonal selection, the opportunity will arise for controlled pollinations between proven elite clones as has been done in Ziziphus mauritiana in the Sahel and Dacryodes edulis in Cameroon (Makueti et al, 2012). In this way, it should be possible to take advantage of specific-combining ability in unrelated superior clones and to produce progeny with heterosis in desirable traits that exceed what is found in the wild populations.…”