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B 23 /6 [POU]    Theobroma cacao

 Pound, F.J. (1943)
First report on the selection of cacao trees for resistance to Witches' Broom disease. Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.

Derivation: Balao.
Collected by Pound.
Location: Dept. of Agriculture, Ecuador.

Notes:  Progeny from Hda. Balao, Ecuador planted in Trinidad 1939-41.

10/09/96 Previously recorded in the ICGD and elsewhere that B stood from Bolivar but this was found to be incorrect when Pound's 1943 report was re-discovered.

Pound, 1943b [POU43B]. Progeny were obtained from the following trees or combinations of trees: 1+2, 3,4,5,6,7,8,9+10,11,12,13, 14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22 and 23.


 

Synonyms: B 236 [POU], BALAO 236 [POU], BALAO 23 /6 [POU]

 HELD IN

 Brazil, Mars Center for Cocoa Science
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: B-23.6 POUND
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: B 23/6 [POU]

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Moderate Resistance, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Score: 3 (1-8 Scale). Fully grown, unripe detached pods (4-5 months old).
 A.D. Iwaro et al., 2006
Resistant, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Fully grown, unripe detached pods (4-5 months old)
 A.D. Iwaro & D. R. Butler, 2003
Resistant (Field Reaction).
 Butler, D.R. et al., 1998
Tolerant
 Sreenivasan, T.N., 1987

Pod Index: 33.8 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: oblong
Number: 40.0
Total Wet Weight: 46.7 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.74 g
Cotyledon Length: 19.4 mm
Cotyledon Width: 10.8 mm
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Testa: 7.50 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 142.0 mm
Breadth: 82.0 mm
Colour: slight anthocyanin
Hardness: moderate
Note: Hardness > 1.6 and <= 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: intense anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: intense anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.08 mm
Ligule Width: 2.52 mm
Ovule Number: 42
Style Length: 2.10 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 Reference

Pound, F.J. (1943) First report on the selection of cacao trees for resistance to Witches' Broom disease. Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.
Mars Center for Cocoa Science (2012) Accession list for the Mars Center for Cocoa Science. Jean-Philippe Marelli, personal communication, February 2012.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
A.D. Iwaro, D.R. Butler & A.B. Eskes (2006) Sources of resistance to Phytophthora pod rot at the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2006) 53: 99–109
A.D. Iwaro & D. R. Butler (2003) Sources of Resistance to Phytophthora Pod Rot at the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Cocoa Research Conference, Accra, Ghana (October 2003). Cocoa Producers' Alliance, Lagos, Nigeria.
Butler, D.R., Iwaro, A.D., Thevenin, J.-M., Bekele, F., Sounigo, O., Christopher, Y. & Mooledhar, V. (1998) Individual Institute Reports - Trinidad & Tobago, CRU. Report on the IPGRI project: Cocoa Germplasm Utilisation and Conservation, A Global Approach. Appendix to General Progress Report of Year 1.
Sreenivasan, T.N. (1987) ICGT Germplasm at Marper Farm showing freedom from cushion Brooms and vegetative brooms. Unpublished report, CRU, Trinidad and Tobago.
Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee (2022) Morphological data from the International Cocoa Collection (ICG,T) maintained by the Cocoa Research Centre (CRC), Trinidad & Tobago. Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele. Last update March 2022.