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PLAYA ALTA 4 [VEN]    Theobroma cacao

 Zamora, A.P., Reyes, H.E. & Reyes, L.C. (1974)
Programa de mejoramiento genetico de cacao en Venezuela. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Cocoa Conference, 1972, St. Augustine, Trinidad. (Cocoa Research Unit, Trinidad), pp. 57-68.

Location: R. Orinoco delta, Venezuela.

Notes:  Zamora et al., 1974 [ZAM74A] Selected for Witches broom resistance.

Listed under the name P A in End et al. 1992 (END92A]. ICGD accepted name changed to PLAYA ALTA [VEN] to avoid confusion with Pound's PA [PER] collections from Peru and the PA [BRA] collections from Brazil.
 

Synonyms: VLA 554 [VEN], P A 4 [VEN], VLA PV 554 [VEN]

Location: Delta Orinoco, Venezuela
Coordinates: 61.00 W, 9.00 S
   Marita, J. M. et al., 2001

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Accession: 567
   - Local Name: PLAYA ALTA 4
   - Year of Accession: 1985
 Thailand, Chumphon Horticultural Research Centre
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: Playa-alfu4
List received in 1973   Reference
• Local Name: VLA 554 [VEN]

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Susceptible
 Reyes, H.E. et al., 1973
Susceptible
 Reyes, H.E. et al., 1973
Moderately Susceptible
 Reyes, H.E. et al., 1973
Tolerant
 Enriquez, G. & Soria, V.J., 1977

Pod Index: 15.4 (pods per kg dried beans)
Yield: 950 kg ha-1 yr-1
Yield (wet beans per tree): 2.54 kg
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Size: medium - large
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Colour Purple: Present
Shape: oval
Size: medium
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Size: large
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Rugosity: intense
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Shape: cundeamor
Rugosity: moderate
Husk Thickness: thin
Size: medium
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Shape: lanceolate
Basal Form: rounded
Apex Form: caudate
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Self Compatibility: self incompatible
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Self Compatibility: self incompatible
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Ligule Colour: intense anthocyanin
Stamen Size: large
Sepal Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Size: large
Ligule Size: medium
Staminode Colour: intense anthocyanin
Pedicel Size: large
Pedicel Colour: slight anthocyanin
Self Compatibility: self compatible
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Zamora, A.P., Reyes, H.E. & Reyes, L.C. (1974) Programa de mejoramiento genetico de cacao en Venezuela. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Cocoa Conference, 1972, St. Augustine, Trinidad. (Cocoa Research Unit, Trinidad), pp. 57-68.
Marita, J. M., Nienhuis, J., Pires, J. L. & Aitken, W. M. (2001) Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Theobroma cacao with Emphasis on Witches’ Broom Disease Resistance. Crop Sci. 41:1305–1316.
CEPEC (2012) Accession list for the CEPEC (Bahia, Brazil) collection. Dr. José Luis Pires, personal communication, February 2012.
Suchirat Sakuanrungsirikul (2012) Cocoa germplasm maintained at the Chumphon Research Center, Thailand. Data supplied to ICGD by email. Suchirat Sakuanrungsirikul, Agricultural Research Officer, Department of Agriculture, Thailand. January 2012.
Reyes, H.E., Perez, A.Z., Reyes, L.C. de & Wagner O., M. de J. (1973) Catalogo de cultivares de cacao ( Theobroma cacao L.). Estacion Experimental de Caucagua, Caucagua, Venezuela. pp. 131.
Enriquez, G. & Soria, V.J. (1977) Mejoramiento genético para resistencia a cinco enfermedades del cacao. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Cocoa Research Conference, Caracas, Venezuela, 1977. Cocoa Producers' Alliance, Lagos, Nigeria. pp. 45-56.
Bartley, B.G.D. (1970) A preliminary catalogue of the cacao germplasm held at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.
Brazil - CEPEC (1987) List of clones in the CEPEC, Bahia, Brazil collection. Computer printout from CEPEC. Supplied by B.G.D. Bartley, CEPEC, Brazil.