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AGU 3339 [CHA]    Theobroma cacao

 Chalmers, W.S. (1972)
INIAP-UWI expedition to collect Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador-June 25th-August 10th 1972. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 16.

Derivation: AGUarico.
Collected by INIAP/UWI Chalmers.
Location: R. Aguarico, Ecuador.

Notes:  Chalmers, 1972b [CHA72B] Material collected on the R. Aguarico in the Ecuadorian Oriente.
 

Synonyms: EQX 3339 [CHA], AGUARICO 3339 [CHA], EQX 3339 [A], EQX 3339 [AGU], EQ 3339, EQX 3339 [B], EQX 3339 [J], EQX 3339 [T], EQX 3339 [U], EQX 3339 [V], EQX 3339 [W], EQX 3339 [Z], EQX A 3339, EQX B 3339, EQX C 3339, EQX J 3339, EQX T 3339, EQX U 3339, EQX V 3339, EQX W 3339

Location: R. Aguarico, Oriente, Ecuador (cultivated land)
Date: April 1970
Coordinates: 77.10 W, 0.10 S
Material collected: Budwood and seeds (pod)
Altitude: 340 m
Notes: Santa Cecilia, farm of Sra Ajon
Expedition Code: 70CH
   Chalmers, W.S., 1970

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: EQX-3339
List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 21968
   - Local Name: AGU-333/9
   - Year of Accession: 2006
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: AGU3339
   - Year of Accession: 1975
List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: EQX 3339 [CHA]
 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: AGU 3339 [CHA]
   - Year of Accession: 1970

Absent (Expedition data).
 Chalmers, W.S., 1970

Pod Index: 26.7 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: oblong
Number: 28.0
Total Wet Weight: 56.2 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.34 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.2 mm
Cotyledon Width: 13.1 mm
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Length: 24.2 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Thickness: 9.9 mm
Note: expedition data
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Testa: 5.10 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: intense
Length: 187.0 mm
Breadth: 96.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: moderate
Note: Hardness > 1.6 and <= 2.0 Mpa
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Accession: RUQ 746
Light Saturated Photosynthetic Rate: 4.17 μmol m2 s-1
Stomatal Conductance: 0.09 mol m2 s-1
Transpiration Rate: 1.46 mmol m2 s-1
Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency: 48.38 μmol mol-1
Instantaneous Water Use Efficiency: 2.83 mmol mol-1
Flush Size: 2
Leaf Area: 187.10 cm2
Leaf Dry Weight: 1.34 g
Specific Leaf Area: 140.90 cm2 g-1
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 8.04 mm
Ligule Width: 2.08 mm
Ovule Number: 32
Style Length: 2.46 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

Chalmers, W.S. (1972) INIAP-UWI expedition to collect Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador-June 25th-August 10th 1972. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 16.
Chalmers, W.S. (1970) Report on the collection of Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador. March-May 1970. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 20.
Mars Center for Cocoa Science (2012) Accession list for the Mars Center for Cocoa Science. Jean-Philippe Marelli, personal communication, February 2012.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
CRIG (2012) Cocoa accessions held in the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG). Francis Kwame Padi, personal communication, February 2012.
Malaysia - ARC Tuaran (1990) List of clones held in the Dept. of Agriculture's collection, at Sabah, Tuaran, Malaysia. E.B. Tay, Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysia. Personal Communication.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
Chalmers, W.S. (1970) Data accumulated from Chalmers' Collection reports from expeditions to Ecuador between 1968-1973. Series of 7 unpublished Reports. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies. See other reference entries for details.
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.
Fiona Lahive (2017) Phenotypic data from climate change trials. Personal communication.