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LZ 2    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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.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: Large vuelta Z.
Collected by Pound.
Location: Limoncillo, Ecuador.

Notes:  Seedlings from selected trees, established at Marper farm, Trinidad.

10/09/96 Previously recorded in the ICGD and elsewhere that LZ stood for Limoncillo. However, Pound 1943b [POU43B] indicates that it stands for Large Vuelta Z.


 

 Mother to:
T 19 [POS]    Olatoye, S.T. & Esan, E.B., 1993

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: LZ 2

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Susceptible, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Unattached and not wounded
 Iwaro, D., 1998
Tolerant
 Pound, F.J., 1943
Tolerant
 Sreenivasan, T.N., 1987

Pod Index: 21.0 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 40.0
Total Wet Weight: 78.6 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.19 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.1 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.6 mm
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Testa: 6.00 %
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Butterfat Content: 51.08 %
Testa: 6.97 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 182.0 mm
Breadth: 86.0 mm
Colour: slight anthocyanin
Hardness: moderate
Note: Hardness > 1.6 and <= 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: intense anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 8.38 mm
Ligule Width: 2.42 mm
Ovule Number: 37
Style Length: 2.70 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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.
Olatoye, S.T. & Esan, E.B. (1993) Recent innovation in cacao genetic resources conservation in Nigeria. In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Conservation, Characterisation and Utilisation of Cocoa Genetic Resources in the 21st Century. CRU, UWI, Trinidad. pp. 281-291.
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.
Sreenivasan, T.N. (1987) ICGT Germplasm at Marper Farm showing freedom from cushion Brooms and vegetative brooms. Unpublished report, CRU, Trinidad and Tobago.
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.