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MOCO 1 /12    Theobroma cacao

 Bartley, B.G.D. (1993)
Notes on the meaning and origins of clone names. B.G.D Bartley. Personal Communications.

Derivation: MOCOrongo.
Collected by Chalmers.
Location: ICGT, Brazil.

Notes:  Bartley, 1993 [BAR93A] Open-pollinated progeny of MOCORONGO.

Erroneously included as part of the MOCORONGO series in End et al. 1992 [END92A].
 

Location: Santarem, Para, Brazil
Coordinates: 55.00 W, 3.00 S
   Marita, J. M. et al., 2001

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: MOCO 1 /12
   - Year of Accession: 1973

Pod Index: 34.8 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 35.0
Total Wet Weight: 49.8 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.82 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.3 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.2 mm
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Testa: 6.30 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: mammillate
Rugosity: slight
Length: 137.0 mm
Breadth: 77.0 mm
Colour: slight anthocyanin
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Distance from Base to Widest Part: 161 mm
Length: 296.0 mm
Width: 98.0 mm
Length to Width Ratio: 3.10
Basal Angle: 105.9 °
Apical Angle: 60.4 °
Petiole Length: 20 mm
Pulvinus Length: 17 mm
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 7.70 mm
Ligule Width: 2.38 mm
Ovule Number: 46
Style Length: 1.86 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

Bartley, B.G.D. (1993) Notes on the meaning and origins of clone names. B.G.D Bartley. Personal Communications.
Marita, J. M., Nienhuis, J., Pires, J. L. & Aitken, W. M. (2001) Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Theobroma cacao with Emphasis on Witches’ Broom Disease Resistance. Crop Sci. 41:1305–1316.
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 Unpublished data on fruit, bean, flower and flush morphology supplied as an Excel spreadsheet by Frances Bekele.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 - ICGT (1992) Leaf descriptors. Unpublished data supplied on computer diskette by International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.