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B 6 /2 [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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.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 62 [POU], BALAO 6 /2 [POU], BALAO 62 [POU]

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Accession: 1075
   - Local Name: B 6.2
 Brazil, Mars Center for Cocoa Science
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: B-6.2
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: B 6/2 [POU]

Pod Index: 23.7 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: light purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 37.0
Total Wet Weight: 57.6 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.14 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.2 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.4 mm
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Testa: 6.60 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 181.0 mm
Breadth: 85.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.48 mm
Ligule Width: 2.27 mm
Ovule Number: 41
Style Length: 1.94 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.
CEPEC (2012) Accession list for the CEPEC (Bahia, Brazil) collection. Dr. José Luis Pires, personal communication, February 2012.
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.
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.