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RIM 68 [MEX]    Theobroma cacao

 Hunter, J.R. (1961)
The status of cacao variety improvement work in the Western Hemisphere. Cacao (Costa Rica) 4: pp. 1-16.

Derivation: Rosario Izapa Mexico.
Collected by del Arco & Spencer.
Location: Tuxclachico, Chiapas, Mexico.

Hunter, 1961a [HUN61A]. Fruit - Long, thin Soconusco type. Seed - white. Bartley, 1997a [BAR97A]. Most of the genotypes are very similar with regard to their vegetative and floral characteristics. The fruit shapes also show very little variation as do most other fruit characteristics. Most of these genotypes have fruit with a light green colour and the others have some degree of anthocyanin pigmentation.

Notes:  Hunter, 1961 [HUN61A] Selections from Hda La Rioja. Selections from the Pacific coast with some MATINA genes.

In the original format of the name was composed of a number with "R" or "RIM" as suffix to that.
 

Synonyms: R 68 [MEX]

 Mother to:
PENTAGONA 18 [CRI]    Morera, J. et al., 1991

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List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10434
   - Local Name: RIM-68
List received in 1994   Reference
• Local Name: RIM 68 [MEX]
 Mexico, Campo Experimental Rosario Izapa, INIFAP
List received in 1995   Reference
• Local Name: RIM 68 [MEX]
   - Year of Accession: 1945

Seed Index: 86.2 (dried beans per 100g)
Pod Index: 19.1 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Number: 25.8
Length: 23.9 mm
Width: 13.7 mm
Thickness: 11.2 mm
Dry Weight: 1.27 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.16 g
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Testa: 8.66 %
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Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: slight
Colour: absent anthocyanin
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Shape: pentagona
Rugosity: intense
Husk Thickness: 13.5 mm (11 - 16)
Length: 245.0 mm
Breadth: 82.0 mm
Colour: red
Weight: 663.7 g
Husk Weight: 538.70 g
Length Breadth Ratio: 2.98
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Shape: pentagona
Colour: red
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Colour: light brown
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Sepal Width: 2.20 mm
Sepal Length: 7.00 mm
Ligule Length: 3.20 mm
Ligule Width: 2.80 mm
Ovary Width: 1.00 mm
Ovary Length: 1.90 mm
Ovule Number: 39
Style Length: 2.30 mm
Staminode Length: 6.60 mm
Pedicel Length: 1.70 mm
 Reference

Hunter, J.R. (1961) The status of cacao variety improvement work in the Western Hemisphere. Cacao (Costa Rica) 4: pp. 1-16.
Morera, J., Paredes, A. & Mora, A. (1991) Germoplasma de cacao en el CATIE entre 1947 y 1991, Programa II: Generacion y transferencia de tecnologia. IICA, San Jose, Costa Rica, pp. 49.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Honduras - CEDEC (1994) List of accessions in CEDEC, La Masica, Honduras. J.A. Sanchez, FHIA, Honduras. Personal Communication.
Lopez-Baez, O., Cueto-Moreno, J. & Fraire-Vazquez, G. (1995) Progressos en el mejoramiento genetico del cacao Theobroma cacao L. en Mexico. In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cocoa Breeding Strategies, Kuala Lumpur, 1994. INGENIC, Reading, U.K. pp. 18-25.
Lopez-Baez, O. (1995) Caracteristicas del fruto del germoplasma de cacao, Theobroma cacao L., seleccionado en Rosario Izapa, Chiapas. Agricultura Tecnico Mexicana 21(2): pp. 127-137.
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.
Lopez-Baez, O. & Mendel-Wong, D. (1992) Caracteristicas de la flor y semilla del germoplasma de cacao, Theobroma cacao L., seleccionado en Rosario Izapa, Chiapas. Agricultura Tecnico Mexicana 18(1-2): pp. 39-48.