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JA 10 /41 [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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.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.
 

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 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: JA 10/41 [POU]

Susceptible, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Unattached and not wounded
 Iwaro, D., 1998

Pod Index: 21.1 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: light purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 42.0
Total Wet Weight: 74.9 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.13 g
Cotyledon Length: 24.1 mm
Cotyledon Width: 13.4 mm
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Testa: 7.50 %
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Butterfat Content: 54.10 %
Testa: 6.20 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: rounded
Rugosity: slight
Length: 146.0 mm
Breadth: 86.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 8.20 mm
Ligule Width: 2.87 mm
Ovule Number: 42
Style Length: 2.54 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
Iwaro, D. (1998) Evalation of accessions for Black Pod. Personal Communication 30th October 1998. Data sent by email from Dr. Iwaro.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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.