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NA 780    Theobroma cacao

 Pound, F.J. (1938)
Cacao and Witchbroom Disease of South America with notes on other species of Theobroma. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 26-71.

Derivation: river NAnay.
Collected by Pound.
Location: R. Nanay, Peru.

Pound, 1938a [POU38A]. Fruit - unpigmented, half blanco, long oval, slightly warty, no conspicuous point nor bottle neck. Bartley, 1995a [BAR95A]. Pound describes the typical NANAY as above (pod colour between light/intermediate green) but fruits with different characteristics appear among the NA clones of today which result from seedling progenies of the original collections. Posnette, 1945a [POS45A]. Fan branches are characterised by relatively short (less than 2 cm) petioles in which the pulvini are not clearly separated until the leaf ages, when a shallow constriction may develop. The stamen filaments are always pigmented to some degree, usually heavily.

Notes:  Collected in 1937.

Pound, 1938a [POU38A]. Pods were probably collected from 14 trees which were free of witches' broom disease.

Pound, 1943b [POU43B]. 708 plants were planted at Marper farm.


 

Synonyms: NANAI 780, NANAY 780

 HELD IN

 Trinidad and Tobago, International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICG,T)
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: NA 780

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

Pod Index: 21.9 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference

Colour: dark purple
Shape: ovate
Number: 44.0
Total Wet Weight: 70.9 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.04 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.0 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.7 mm
 Reference

Testa: 7.20 %
 Reference
Butterfat Content: 54.94 %
Testa: 8.20 %
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Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: indented
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 186.0 mm
Breadth: 96.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 8.07 mm
Ligule Width: 2.68 mm
Ovule Number: 46
Style Length: 2.84 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 Reference

Pound, F.J. (1938) Cacao and Witchbroom Disease of South America with notes on other species of Theobroma. Archives of Cocoa Research 1: pp. 26-71.
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.