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POUND 4 /A    Theobroma cacao

 Pound, F.J. (1943)
Cacao and witches' broom disease. Report on a recent visit to the Amazon territory of Peru, September 1942-February 1943. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 73-91.

Derivation: POUND (collector).
Collected by Pound.
Location: Peru.

Notes:  Chalmers, 1968 [CHA68A] Trees were marked and initial collections made in 1968. Chalmers revisited the area in 1970 (Chalmers, 1970a [CHA70A]), recollecting from some trees and making new collections from newly marked trees. Further collections were made in 1972 (Chalmers, 1972b [CHA72B]).
 

Synonyms: P 4 /A [POU], PERU 4 /A [POU]

August 2006. The accession held by this name at the University of Reading Cocoa Quarantine Centre is now known to have been mislabelled.

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Accession: 967
   - Local Name: P 4A
• Accession: 967
   - Local Name: P 4A
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: POUND-4A
   - Year of Accession: 1996
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: P - 4 - A
List received in 1997   Reference
• Local Name: P 4 /A [POU]
   - Year of Accession: 1996
List received in 2008   Reference
• Accession: IDN-13-TCAC-00183
   - Local Name: P4A
List received in 2008   Reference
• Local Name: P4A
List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: P 4 /A [POU]
 Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands Plantations Ltd.
List received in 1993   Reference
• Local Name: P 4 /A [POU]
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: POUND 4/A [POU]

Resistant, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Fully grown, unripe detached pods (4-5 months old)
 A.D. Iwaro & D. R. Butler, 2003
Resistant, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Score: 1 (1-8 Scale). Fully grown, unripe detached pods (4-5 months old).
 A.D. Iwaro et al., 2006

Pod Index: 26.8 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: dark purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 42.0
Total Wet Weight: 51.7 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.89 g
Cotyledon Length: 21.7 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.0 mm
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Testa: 5.20 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: slight
Length: 160.0 mm
Breadth: 77.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: moderate
Note: Hardness > 1.6 and <= 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Distance from Base to Widest Part: 138 mm
Length: 282.0 mm
Width: 109.0 mm
Length to Width Ratio: 2.60
Basal Angle: 121.1 °
Apical Angle: 64.9 °
Petiole Length: 24 mm
Pulvinus Length: 18 mm
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Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.50 mm
Ovary Colour: anthocyanin absent (apical)
Pedicel Colour: anthocyanin absent
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 6.95 mm
Ligule Width: 2.73 mm
Ovule Number: 45
Style Length: 2.18 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 Reference

Pound, F.J. (1943) Cacao and witches' broom disease. Report on a recent visit to the Amazon territory of Peru, September 1942-February 1943. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 73-91.
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.
EET - Pichilingue (2012) Accessions planted in EET - Pichilingue, Ecuador. Freddy Amores and Ignacio Sotomayor C, personal communication, February 2012.
India - Kerala (1997) Material imported from Reading University Quarantine Facility. R.V. Nair, Kerala Agricultural University, India. Personal Communication.
Susilo, A. (2008) The list of germplasm collected by ICCRI. Personal communication from Agung Susilo, July 2008.
Haeser, E. (2008) Accession list for Bah Lias Research Station, PT.PP. London Sumatra, Indonesia. Personal communication, March 2010.
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.
Soloman Islands - S.I. Plantns (1993) Inventory of Soloman Islands Plantations Ltd. Unpublished report, Soloman Islands Plantations Ltd, Soloman Islands, p.1.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
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.
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
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.
Trinidad - ICGT (1992) Leaf descriptors. Unpublished data supplied on computer diskette by International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.
Allen, J.B. (1988) Geographical variation and population biology in wild Theobroma cacao. PhD. Thesis, University of Edinburgh, U.K. pp. 197.