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PARA [BRA]    Theobroma cacao

Derivation: PARA state.
Location: Para state, Brazil.

Bartley, 1998a [BAR98A] The observations made by Pound (Pound 1943a [POU43A] on the characteristics of the PARA material only applies to the material that he knew about from a particular place in the state of Para. His observations do not reflect the true diversity and range of the material found in the whole area. Pound, 1943a [POU43A]. Fruit - Green or full blanco but none pigmented, smooth or warty with 10 very slight furrows, occasionally short and with a rounded tip. Lignification in pericarp. Seed - all very dark purple, flat or slightly rounded Some resistance to Witches Broom when grown fully exposed to the sun and if the trees are not crowded together (or in vicinity of T. grandiflorum).

Notes:  Type of cocoa.

Pound, 1943a [POU43A]. Probably a hybrid mixture between an Amelonado type (like in Surinam) and Lagarta type.

Bartley, 1993a [BAR93A]. Identification for type of cocoa introduced into the state of Bahia, presumably from Para state, that was planted extensively. Seeds from this type have since been introduced into other countries and germplasm collections.


 

Synonyms: CATIE 691

 Mother to:
CEPEC 17    Castro, G.C.T. de et al., 1989

 HELD IN

 Costa Rica, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10394
   - Local Name: Para [BRA]
   - Year of Accession: 1962

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Susceptible, 78.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 2.6 and Internal Severety = 3.8
 Phillips, W., 1996
Susceptible, 79.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 2.6 and Internal Severety = 3.8
 Phillips, W., 1997
Moderate Resistance, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Attached and not wounded
 Morera, J., 1993
Moderately Susceptible, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
 Phillips, W., 1997

Basal Constriction: moderate - slight
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: smooth - very slight
Colour: absent anthocyanin
 Reference

Colour: brownish red
 Reference

Castro, G.C.T. de, Pereira, T.N.S., Carletto, G.A. & Bartley, B.G.D. (1989) Caracterizacao dos recursos geneticos do cacaueiro. III. Flor das selecoes CEPEC,EEG, BE, MA, RB, CA e CAS. Agrotrópica 1: pp. 27-33.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Phillips, W. (1996) Cocoa cultivar reaction when innoculated with Moniliophthora roreri. Unpublished data supplied by W. Phillips, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal communication
Phillips, W. (1997) Results of the artificial inoculation of Moniliophthora rorei using the Aspersion method. Unpublished data supplied by W. Phillips, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal communication
Morera, J. (1993) Reaction of clones to Phytophthora palmivora. J. Morera, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal Communication.
Phillips, W. (1997) Results of the artificial inoculation of Phytophthora palmivora using the Paper Disc method. Unpublished data supplied by W. Phillips, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal communication
Costa Rica - CATIE (1981) Genetic Resources of Cacao. A Catalogue of the CATIE Collection. J.M.M. Engels, Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Technical Bulletin No. 7: pp. 191.