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SPEC 194 /109    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 194 /109 [SPE], M SPEC 194 /109

Location: Valle de Patia, Narino, Colombia
Date: 1953
Coordinates: 78.00 W, 2.00 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 194  x Unknown   Trinidad - U.W.I., 1952

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 United Kingdom, International Cocoa Quarantine Centre, Reading (ICQC,R)
Current List   ICQC,R Website
• Accession: RUQ 1766     ICQC,R 
   - Local Name: SPEC 194/109
   - Year of Accession: 2022
List received in 2012   Reference
• Accession: 1048
   - Local Name: SPEC 194.109
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: SPEC 194/109

Resistant
 Butler, D.R. et al., 1998
Resistant (Field Reaction).
 Butler, D.R. et al., 1998

Pod Index: 29.7 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference

Size: large
 Reference
Colour: purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 33.0
Total Wet Weight: 49.7 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.02 g
Cotyledon Length: 21.5 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.9 mm
 Reference

Testa: 5.60 %
 Reference

Size: medium
 Reference
Shape: obovate
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: acute
Rugosity: slight
Length: 160.0 mm
Breadth: 82.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
 Reference

Colour: slight anthocyanin
 Reference

Ligule Colour: anthocyanin absent
Stamen Colour: anthocyanin absent
Sepal Length: 7.38 mm
Ligule Width: 3.10 mm
Ovule Number: 38
Style Length: 2.03 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 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.
CEPEC (2012) Accession list for the CEPEC (Bahia, Brazil) collection. Dr. José Luis Pires, personal communication, February 2012.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
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.
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.
Bartley, B.G.D. (1970) A preliminary catalogue of the cacao germplasm held at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.