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BE 10    Theobroma cacao

 Vello, F. & Medeiros, A.G. (1965)
Expedicao botanica a Amazonica brasileira. Cacau Atualidades (Brasil) 2: pp. 47-51.

Derivation: BElem.
Collected by CEPLAC.
Location: Pará, Belem, Brazil.

Soria, 1970a [SOR70A]. Fruit - similar to Comun type, amelonado to elongate shaped pods, generally smooth, white/green, slight-intermediate bottleneck. Seeds - small, purple.

Notes:  Vello & Mederios, 1965 [VELL65A] Brazilian International Expedition, 1965. The BE material was collected to represent a variety of fruit types.
 

Synonyms: BELEM 10, G VI 175

 NOTES

August 2006. The accession held by this name at the University of Reading Cocoa Quarantine Centre is now known to have been mislabelled.

 COLLECTION DETAILS

Location: R. Guama, Para, Brazil (secondary/cleared forest)
Date: 18 June 1965
Coordinates: 48.00 W, 1.30 S
Material collected: Budwood
Notes: Canal Cavado
Expedition Code: 65BR
   Soria, V.J., 1965
   Vello, F. & Medeiros, A.G., 1966
   Soria, V.J., 1970
   Almeida, C.M.V.C. de et al., 1995
   Vello, F. & Medeiros, A.G., 1965

 POPULATION

 Motamayor, J.C. et al., 2008
'Amelonado' Population
Subgroup: 'Amelonado Type III'   Reference

 GENOME/TRANSCRIPTOME DATA LINKS

 Cornejo, O.E. et al., 2018
 Reference
BioProject: PRJNA486011   NCBI   ENA FASTQ 
Project: PRJEB28591   EVA (project)   EVA (analysis) 
Library Source: Genomic
 
Run: SRR7774303   NCBI   ENA FASTQ 
Experiment: SRX4629521
BioSample: SAMN09934402
SampleName: BE_10
SampleSource: Costa Rica, Tree_ID: 17422

 HELD IN

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Accession: 119
   - Local Name: BE 10
   - Year of Accession: 1981
List received in 1987   Reference
• Accession: 78
   - Local Name: BE 10
   - Year of Accession: 1966
List received in 2015   Reference
• Accession: BE 10 Quadra 1
   - Local Name: BE 10
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: BE-10
List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10102
   - Local Name: BE-10
   - Year of Accession: 1979
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: BE10
List received in 2008   Reference
• Local Name: BE 10
List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: BE 10
List received in 1993   Reference
• Local Name: BE 10
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: BE 10
List received in 2024   Reference
• Accession: TARS 16576     GRIN-Global 
   - Local Name: BE 10
   - Year of Accession: 1983
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: BE 10
   - Year of Accession: 1989

 DISEASE

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 Ceratocystis
Moderately Susceptible (Branch).
Note: Based on mycelium and perithecium development.
 Ricardo A. Delgado & Carmen Suárez Capello, 2003
Susceptible (Branch).
Note: Based on mycelium growth and the production of perithecia..
 Stela Dalva Vieira Midlej Silva, 2003
 Frosty Pod Rot
Susceptible, 100.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 5.0 and Internal Severety = 5.0
 Phillips, W., 1997
Susceptible, 100.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 5.0 and Internal Severety = 5.0
 Phillips, W., 1996
 Phytophthora
Susceptible, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Attached and not wounded
 Morera, J., 1993
Susceptible, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
 Phillips, W., 1997
 Vascular Streak Dieback
15.00 % Infection (Field Reaction).
Note: Severery of infection was Moderate.. Sime Darby Plantations, Merlimau Estate.
 Lam, K.S., 1992
90.45 % Infection
Note: 22 plants sampled..
 Subali, S., 1992
 Witches Broom
Occasional (Expedition data).
 Vello, F. & Medeiros, A.G., 1966

 YIELD

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 Brazil - Almirante Cacao, 1997
Yield: 1139 kg ha-1 yr-1
 Reference
 Malaysia - BAL Plantations, 1991
Seed Index: 97.0 (dried beans per 100g)
Pod Index: 26.2 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference
 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Pod Index: 26.9 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference
 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Seed Index: 102.0 (dried beans per 100g)
Productivity: low
 Reference
 Lam, K.S., 1992
Seed Index: 106.4 (dried beans per 100g)
Pod Index: 32.4 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference

 BEAN

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 Malaysia - BAL Plantations, 1991
Number: 36.5
Total Dry Weight: 38.1 g
Dry Weight: 1.03 g
Note: 30 plants sampled
 Reference
 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: dark purple
Shape: oblong
Number: 40.0
Total Wet Weight: 57.0 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.93 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.5 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.8 mm
 Reference
 Brazil - CEPEC, 1987
Number: 35.0
Dry Weight: 0.60 g
 Reference
 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Colour Dark Purple: Present
Colour Light Purple: Absent
Colour Grey: Absent
Colour White: Absent
Colour Mottled: Absent
Number: 37.1
Maximum Number: 49
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 1.53 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.98 g
Cotyledon Length: 22.7 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.9 mm
Cotyledon Thickness: 8.6 mm
 Reference
 Lam, K.S., 1992
Number: 32.8
Dry Weight: 0.93 g
 Reference
 Palaniappan, S. & Shuhaimi Shamsuddin, 1992
Number: 39.8
Dry Weight: 1.23 g
 Reference
 Vello, F. & Medeiros, A.G., 1966
Colour: purple
Shape: round
Size: medium
Note: expedition data
 Reference

 BUTTERFAT

 Malaysia - BAL Plantations, 1991
Butterfat Content: 56.50 %
Maximum Butterfat Content: 59.05 %
Minimum Butterfat Content: 52.21 %
Note: 10 plants sampled
 Reference
 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Testa: 5.30 %
 Reference

 FRUIT

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 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: mammillate
Rugosity: slight
Length: 130.0 mm
Breadth: 80.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
 Reference
 Brazil - CEPEC, 1987
Rugosity: intense
Weight: 515.0 g
 Reference
 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: slightly acute
Rugosity: slight - moderate
Husk Thickness: 12.3 mm (14.8 - 9.8)
Length: 188.0 mm
Breadth: 91.0 mm
Colour: absent anthocyanin
Weight: 725.0 g
Pods Per Tree: 3
Hardness: hard
Length Breadth Ratio: 2.06
Note: ratio of distances between ridges within a pair and between ridges of two different pairs = 0.72
 Reference
 Morera, J. et al., 1991
Shape: amelonado
Colour: green
 Reference
 Palaniappan, S. & Shuhaimi Shamsuddin, 1992
Length: 172.7 mm
Weight: 490.4 g
 Reference
 Vello, F. & Medeiros, A.G., 1966
Shape: amelonado
Rugosity: smooth
Husk Thickness: thin
Size: large
Colour: green - white
 Reference

 FLUSH

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: moderate anthocyanin
 Reference
 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Colour: brown
 Reference

 FLOWER

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 Malaysia - BAL Plantations, 1991
Self Compatibility: self compatible
 Reference
 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.56 mm
Ligule Width: 2.48 mm
Ovule Number: 42
Style Length: 2.25 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 Reference
 Brazil - CEPEC, 1987
Self Compatibility: self compatible
 Reference
 Costa Rica - CATIE, 1981
Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin (apical)
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Colour: greyish green
Sepal Width: 2.60 mm
Sepal Length: 9.70 mm
Ligule Length: 9.30 mm
Ligule Width: 2.10 mm
Ovary Colour: anthocyanin absent (apical)
Ovary Width: 1.00 mm
Ovary Length: 1.70 mm
Style Length: 2.40 mm
Staminode Length: 8.60 mm
Pedicel Colour: pastel red
Note: Translation of Methuen colour codes.
 Reference

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