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CC 254    Theobroma cacao

 Costa Rica - CATIE (1981)
Genetic Resources of Cacao. A Catalogue of the CATIE Collection. J.M.M. Engels, Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Technical Bulletin No. 7: pp. 191.

Derivation: Cacao Center.
Collected by Paredes (& others).
Location: La Lola, Cacao Center, Costa Rica.

Notes:  Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981 [ENG81A] Selections from various populations.
 

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 Costa Rica, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10222
   - Local Name: CC-254
   - Year of Accession: 1979

Susceptible, 86.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 3.7 and Internal Severety = 5.0
 Phillips, W., 1996
Moderate Resistance, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Attached and not wounded
 Morera, J., 1993

Seed Index: 126.5 (dried beans per 100g)
Productivity: very low - low
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Colour Dark Purple: Present
Colour Light Purple: Present
Colour Grey: Absent
Colour White: Absent
Colour Mottled: Absent
Number: 38.5
Maximum Number: 47
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 1.26 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.79 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.6 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.2 mm
Cotyledon Thickness: 7.7 mm
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Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: slightly acute
Rugosity: moderate
Husk Thickness: 9.6 mm (12.7 - 6.5)
Length: 196.0 mm
Breadth: 78.0 mm
Colour: moderate / negligible anthocyanin (ridge/furrow)
Weight: 517.0 g
Pods Per Tree: 2
Hardness: moderate
Length Breadth Ratio: 2.51
Note: ratio of distances between ridges within a pair and between ridges of two different pairs = 0.81
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Shape: angoleta
Colour: red
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Colour: reddish brown
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent (apical)
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Colour: pastel green
Sepal Width: 2.42 mm
Sepal Length: 9.42 mm
Ligule Length: 8.25 mm
Ligule Width: 2.71 mm
Ovary Colour: slight anthocyanin (apical)
Ovary Width: 1.04 mm
Ovary Length: 1.30 mm
Style Length: 2.12 mm
Staminode Length: 7.81 mm
Pedicel Colour: pink
Note: Translation of Methuen colour codes.
 Reference

Costa Rica - CATIE (1981) Genetic Resources of Cacao. A Catalogue of the CATIE Collection. J.M.M. Engels, Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Technical Bulletin No. 7: pp. 191.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Phillips, W. (1996) Cocoa cultivar reaction when innoculated with Moniliophthora roreri. Unpublished data supplied by W. Phillips, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal communication
Morera, J. (1993) Reaction of clones to Phytophthora palmivora. J. Morera, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal Communication.
Morera, J., Paredes, A. & Mora, A. (1991) Germoplasma de cacao en el CATIE entre 1947 y 1991, Programa II: Generacion y transferencia de tecnologia. IICA, San Jose, Costa Rica, pp. 49.