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SPEC 185 /4    Theobroma cacao

 Baker, R.E.D., Cope, F.W., Holliday, P.C., Bartley, B.G. & Taylor, D.J. (1953)
The Anglo-Colombian cacao collecting expedition. Report of Cacao Research, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad 9: pp. 8-29.

Derivation: SPECimen.
Collected by Various.
Location: Colombia.

Notes:  Baker et al., 1953 [BAK53A] The Anglo-Colombian Expedition collected material from various places in Colombia ( Amazonas & Vaupes) in 1952 and involved many different collectors. The material was sent onto Trinidad. The name SPEC was given to everything that was collected including Theobroma species other then T. cacao and Herranias.

Bartley, 1983a [BAR83A]. This material is divided into two classes:

1) Collections from the Amazon - up to SPEC 54,

2) Collections from other populations, usually cultivated and of Criollo or Trinitario descent.
 

Synonyms: COL 185 /4 [SPE], M SPEC 185 /4

Location: Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
Date: 11 February 1953
Coordinates: 73.00 W, 7.00 N
Material collected: Seed
Expedition Code: 52CO
   Baker, R.E.D. et al., 1953
   Trinidad - U.W.I., 1952
   Cope, F.W., 1953

 Parents:
SPEC 185  x Unknown   Trinidad - U.W.I., 1952

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List received in 1989   Reference
• Local Name: SPEC 185 /4
   - Year of Accession: 1985
List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: SPEC 185 /4
List received in 1998   Reference
• Local Name: SPEC 185 /4
   - Year of Accession: 1991
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: SPEC 185/4

16.60 % Infection (Field Reaction).
Note: Severery of infection was Low.. Sime Darby Plantations, Merlimau Estate.
 Lam, K.S., 1992
Resistant (Field Reaction).
 Butler, D.R. et al., 1998

Resistant
 K. F. N’Guessan et al., 2003

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Seed Index: 111.1 (dried beans per 100g)
Pod Index: 40.5 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Seed Index: 109.8 (dried beans per 100g)
Pod Index: 40.1 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Pod Index: 41.1 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Seed Index: 113.8 (dried beans per 100g)
Pod Index: 38.4 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Number: 26.6
Total Dry Weight: 24.9 g
Dry Weight: 0.91 g
Note: 16 plants sampled
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Number: 26.4
Total Dry Weight: 24.7 g
Dry Weight: 0.90 g
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Colour: light purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 28.0
Total Wet Weight: 34.9 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.87 g
Cotyledon Length: 20.1 mm
Cotyledon Width: 12.1 mm
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Number: 29.6
Dry Weight: 0.87 g
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Butterfat Content: 55.10 %
Maximum Butterfat Content: 57.98 %
Minimum Butterfat Content: 52.99 %
Note: 8 plants sampled
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Butterfat Content: 55.20 %
Maximum Butterfat Content: 57.98 %
Minimum Butterfat Content: 52.99 %
Note: 5 plants sampled
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Testa: 5.60 %
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Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 143.0 mm
Breadth: 78.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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Colour: moderate anthocyanin
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Self Compatibility: self incompatible
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Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 6.57 mm
Ligule Width: 2.75 mm
Ovule Number: 34
Style Length: 1.53 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 Reference

Baker, R.E.D., Cope, F.W., Holliday, P.C., Bartley, B.G. & Taylor, D.J. (1953) The Anglo-Colombian cacao collecting expedition. Report of Cacao Research, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad 9: pp. 8-29.
Trinidad - U.W.I. (1952) Cocoa Collecting Expedition Colombia 1952. Record of material received. Unpublished Notebook, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.
Cope, F.W. (1953) An interim report on the Anglo-Colombian cocoa-collecting expedition. In: Report of the 1953 Cocoa Conference, London. Cocoa, Chocolate & Confectionery Alliance, London, U.K. pp. 57-63.
Cote d'Ivoire - IRCC (1989) Liste des clones en collection. Unpublished Report, IRCC Bingerville, Cote d'Ivoire, Doc. No. 192. D. Clement, IRCC, Cote d'Ivoire. Personal Communication.
Malaysia - ARC Tuaran (1990) List of clones held in the Dept. of Agriculture's collection, at Sabah, Tuaran, Malaysia. E.B. Tay, Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysia. Personal Communication.
Malaysia - ARC Tuaran (1998) List of Imported Clones of the Malaysian Cocoa Board, January 1998. K. Lamin, MCB, Malaysia, Personal Communication.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
Lam, K.S. (1992) Performance of imported clones in Sime Darby Plantations. In: Unpublished Proceedings of MCGC Mini-Seminar on the Performance of Imported Cocoa Clones, 13th October, 1992. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Butler, D.R., Iwaro, A.D., Thevenin, J.-M., Bekele, F., Sounigo, O., Christopher, Y. & Mooledhar, V. (1998) Individual Institute Reports - Trinidad & Tobago, CRU. Report on the IPGRI project: Cocoa Germplasm Utilisation and Conservation, A Global Approach. Appendix to General Progress Report of Year 1.
K. F. N’Guessan, A. B. Eskes & Ph. Lachenaud (2003) Etude de la Resistance du Cacaoyer aux Mirides : Classification des Grands Groupes de Cacaoyers en Fonction de Leur Niveau de Resistance ou Sensibilite. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Cocoa Research Conference, Accra, Ghana (October 2003). Cocoa Producers' Alliance, Lagos, Nigeria.
Malaysia - BAL Plantations (1991) Results from cocoa butter content determinations using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) analysis. G. Lockwood, CDC, U.K. Personal Communication.
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.