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JA 5 /34 [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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.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: JAvilla.
Collected by Pound.
Location: Hda. Javilla, Ecuador.

Notes:  Progeny from trees which had shown resistance to Witches' Broom disease (1939).

Pound, 1943b [POU43B]. Pound states that pods were collected from Jabilla (=Javilla) farm from the trees numbered: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 9,10.
 

Synonyms: JA 534 [POU]

 PEDIGREE DETAILS

 Mother to:
GEBP 403 /A-F [ADI]    Frances Bekele, 2019

 HELD IN

List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: JA 5/34 [POU]

 YIELD

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Pod Index: 25.5 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference

 BEAN

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 44.0
Total Wet Weight: 60.4 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.89 g
Cotyledon Length: 21.0 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.1 mm
 Reference

 BUTTERFAT

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Testa: 5.90 %
 Reference
 Trinidad - CRU, 1998
Butterfat Content: 54.20 %
Testa: 6.00 %
 Reference

 FRUIT

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: slight
Length: 151.0 mm
Breadth: 79.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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 FLUSH

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: slight anthocyanin
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 FLOWER

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 8.40 mm
Ligule Width: 2.77 mm
Ovule Number: 44
Style Length: 2.64 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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.
Frances Bekele (2019) Pedigree data for the GEBP clones supplied to ICQC,R (UK) by the Cocoa Research Centre (CRC), Trinidad & Tobago. Data supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele, April 2019.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.
Trinidad - CRU (1998) Fat Analysis Data. Data supplied on computer diskette by F. Bekele, CRU, Trinidad.