19/08/98 Previously thought to have been synonymous with ORIENTE 5, but it is now known that this synonymy is incorrect (as advised by Dr. B.G.D. Bartley).

Location: R. Bobonaza, Oriente, Ecuador (primary forest)

Date: July 1972

Coordinates: 76.00 W, 0.20 S

Material collected: Budwood

Notes: Chichirota 25min down river from BOB 3 near house

Expedition Code: 72CH

   Chalmers, W.S., 1972

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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 Unpublished Report.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.

Notes

Field Data - Chalmers Collections, Ecuador Datafile: CH70__DC ECU - Chalmers expedition, Field Data Germplasm: Details of accessions collected from the Oriente region of Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Environment: Accessions were described as they were collected. Four new oil concessions were visited and selections were made on rivers Bobonaza, Curaray, Nushino, Tiputini, Villano, Aguarico, Napo & San Miguel. Notes on diseases and details of pod and seeds collected.

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Lockwood, G. & Gyamfi, M.M.O. (1979) The CRIG cocoa germplasm collection with notes on codes used in the breeding programme at Tafo and elsewhere. Technical Bulletin, No. 10, Cocoa Research Institute, Tafo, Ghana. pp. 62.

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 Unpublished Report.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.

EET - Pichilingue (2012) Accessions planted in EET - Pichilingue, Ecuador. Freddy Amores and Ignacio Sotomayor C, personal communication, February 2012.