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PLAYA ALTA 3 [VEN]    Theobroma cacao

 Zamora, A.P., Reyes, H.E. & Reyes, L.C. (1974)
Programa de mejoramiento genetico de cacao en Venezuela. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Cocoa Conference, 1972, St. Augustine, Trinidad. (Cocoa Research Unit, Trinidad), pp. 57-68.

Location: R. Orinoco delta, Venezuela.

Notes:  Zamora et al., 1974 [ZAM74A] Selected for Witches broom resistance.

Listed under the name P A in End et al. 1992 (END92A]. ICGD accepted name changed to PLAYA ALTA [VEN] to avoid confusion with Pound's PA [PER] collections from Peru and the PA [BRA] collections from Brazil.
 

Synonyms: VLA 553 [VEN], P A 3 [VEN], VLA PV 553 [VEN]

 HELD IN

List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: Playa alta 3
 Venezuela, MAC Caucagua
List received in 1973   Reference
• Local Name: VLA 553 [VEN]

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Moderate Resistance
Note: Agallao present
 Reyes, H.E. et al., 1973
Susceptible
Note: Agallao present
 Reyes, H.E. et al., 1973
Moderately Susceptible
Note: Agallao present
 Reyes, H.E. et al., 1973

Pod Index: 19.0 (pods per kg dried beans)
Yield: 700 kg ha-1 yr-1
Yield (wet beans per tree): 2.50 kg
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Colour Light Purple: Present
Shape: oval
Size: medium
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Shape: cundeamor
Rugosity: moderate
Husk Thickness: thin
Size: medium
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Colour: slight anthocyanin
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Shape: elliptic
Basal Form: obtuse
Apex Form: caudate
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Ligule Colour: intense anthocyanin
Stamen Size: large
Sepal Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Size: large
Ligule Size: medium
Staminode Colour: intense anthocyanin
Pedicel Size: medium
Pedicel Colour: slight anthocyanin
Self Compatibility: self compatible
 Reference

Zamora, A.P., Reyes, H.E. & Reyes, L.C. (1974) Programa de mejoramiento genetico de cacao en Venezuela. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Cocoa Conference, 1972, St. Augustine, Trinidad. (Cocoa Research Unit, Trinidad), pp. 57-68.
EET - Pichilingue (2012) Accessions planted in EET - Pichilingue, Ecuador. Freddy Amores and Ignacio Sotomayor C, personal communication, February 2012.
Reyes, H.E., Perez, A.Z., Reyes, L.C. de & Wagner O., M. de J. (1973) Catalogo de cultivares de cacao ( Theobroma cacao L.). Estacion Experimental de Caucagua, Caucagua, Venezuela. pp. 131.