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TSH 1313    Theobroma cacao

 Shripat, C. (1996)
The Cocoa Breeding Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad. Presented at the International Workshop on The Utilisation of Genetic Resources of the ICGT, June, 1996. Cocoa Research Unit, Trinidad.

Derivation: Trinidad Selected Hybrids.
Collected by Cocoa Board.
Location: Trinidad and Tobago.

Notes:  Selections from mixed populations of Amazons and Trinitarios.

Shripat, 1996a [SHR96A]. Each Trinidad clone was labelled with a code composed of certain letters as a prefix (TS, TSA, TSH, TSAN, TSHN) followed by a number which runs consecutively from 500 upwards regardless of the letters. Thus, there are no two new clones with the same number.

(see also Bartley, 1997c [BAR97C] ).
 

 RECOMMENDED PLANTING MATERIAL    Disclaimer

 Maharaj, Kamaldeo, 2012
Recommended clone in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Status: Current
 Reference

 YIELD

 Kamaldeo Maharaj et al., 2009
Pod Index: 17.5 (pods per kg dried beans)
Note: Maximum Pod Index, 26.18
 Reference

 BEAN

 Kamaldeo Maharaj et al., 2009
Number: 46.4
Total Wet Weight: 108.2 g
Dry Weight: 1.35 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.26 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.8 mm
Cotyledon Width: 13.9 mm
Cotyledon Thickness: 7.6 mm
 Reference

 FRUIT

 Kamaldeo Maharaj et al., 2009
Husk Thickness: 13.1 mm
Length: 176.7 mm
Breadth: 83.8 mm
Weight: 569.4 g
Length Breadth Ratio: 2.10
 Reference

 FLOWER

 Kamaldeo Maharaj et al., 2009
Sepal Width: 2.17 mm
Sepal Length: 7.65 mm
Sepal Length to Width Ratio: 3.52
Ligule Width: 2.71 mm
Ovule Number: 48
Style Length: 2.57 mm
Staminode Length: 6.66 mm
Pedicel Length: 15.05 mm
 Reference

Shripat, C. (1996) The Cocoa Breeding Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad. Presented at the International Workshop on The Utilisation of Genetic Resources of the ICGT, June, 1996. Cocoa Research Unit, Trinidad.
Maharaj, Kamaldeo (2012) Cacao Breeding and Planting Material Situation in Trinidad and Tobago and Some of the Other Caribbean Islands. INGENIC Seventh Workshop: Cocoa Variety Development and the Supply of Planting Materials to Farmers. 21st - 22nd October 2012
Kamaldeo Maharaj, Patricia Maharaj, Frances L. Bekele, Davinan Ramnath, Gillian G. Bidaisee, Isaac Bekele, Cynthra Persad, Krysta Jennings & Reishma Sankar (2009) Trinidad Selected Hybrids: An Investigation of the Phenotypic and Agro-Economic Traits of 20 Selected Cacao Cultivars. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Cocoa Research Conference, Bali, Indonesia (November 2009). Cocoa Producers' Alliance, Lagos, Nigeria.