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MOQ 6 /102    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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.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: hda. MOQuique.
Collected by Pound.
Location: Hda. Moquique, Ecuador.

Bartley, 1995a [BAR95A]. Habit - Extremely vigorous. MOQ progenies derive from six trees, the first number of the clone number indicates which tree the fruit came from: MOQ 2 - most have green amelonado shape fruits (typical Nacional progeny?). MOQ 3 - red fruits. MOQ 4 - elongate fruits. MOQ 6 - elongate fruits, some red fruits.

Notes:  Pound, 1943b [POU43B] Progeny collected from trees which had shown resistance to Witches' Broom disease.
 

Synonyms: MOQ 6102

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: MOQ-6.102/T5
 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: MOQ 6/102

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

Pod Index: 22.0 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Colour: purple
Shape: oblong
Number: 36.0
Total Wet Weight: 69.3 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.26 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.3 mm
Cotyledon Width: 13.2 mm
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Testa: 5.70 %
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Butterfat Content: 51.70 %
Testa: 7.40 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: acute
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 175.0 mm
Breadth: 85.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
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: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 8.25 mm
Ligule Width: 2.50 mm
Ovule Number: 45
Style Length: 2.73 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 Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.
Mars Center for Cocoa Science (2012) Accession list for the Mars Center for Cocoa Science. Jean-Philippe Marelli, personal communication, February 2012.
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.