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BS 2    Theobroma cacao

Derivation: Buenos Aires.
Location: Buenos Aires, Honduras.

Notes:  Material from Honduras and/or Guatemala.
 

Synonyms: RS 2 [HND]

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 Costa Rica, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10103
   - Local Name: BS-2
   - Year of Accession: 1979

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Susceptible, 94.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 4.7 and Internal Severety = 4.7
 Phillips, W., 1996
Susceptible, 94.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 4.7 and Internal Severety = 4.7
 Phillips, W., 1997
Resistant, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Attached and not wounded
 Morera, J., 1993

Seed Index: 99.0 (dried beans per 100g)
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Colour Dark Purple: Absent
Colour Light Purple: Present
Colour Grey: Absent
Colour White: Present
Colour Mottled: Present
Number: 33.8
Maximum Number: 49
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 1.73 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.01 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.0 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.9 mm
Cotyledon Thickness: 8.8 mm
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Basal Constriction: moderate - slight
Apex Form: slightly acute
Rugosity: slight
Husk Thickness: 10.75 mm (13.1 - 8.4)
Length: 190.0 mm
Breadth: 87.0 mm
Colour: absent anthocyanin
Weight: 596.0 g
Hardness: hard
Length Breadth Ratio: 2.18
Note: ratio of distances between ridges within a pair and between ridges of two different pairs = 0.89
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Shape: angoleta
Colour: green
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Colour: reddish brown
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin (apical)
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Colour: greyish green
Sepal Width: 2.00 mm
Sepal Length: 7.90 mm
Ligule Length: 8.30 mm
Ligule Width: 2.30 mm
Ovary Colour: anthocyanin absent (apical)
Ovary Width: 0.90 mm
Ovary Length: 1.60 mm
Style Length: 1.90 mm
Staminode Length: 7.20 mm
Pedicel Colour: pastel red
Note: Translation of Methuen colour codes.
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Self Compatibility: self incompatible
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Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Phillips, W. (1996) Cocoa cultivar reaction when innoculated with Moniliophthora roreri. Unpublished data supplied by W. Phillips, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal communication
Phillips, W. (1997) Results of the artificial inoculation of Moniliophthora rorei using the Aspersion method. Unpublished data supplied by W. Phillips, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal communication
Morera, J. (1993) Reaction of clones to Phytophthora palmivora. J. Morera, CATIE, Costa Rica. Personal Communication.
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.
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.