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UF 242    Theobroma cacao

 Bartley, B.G.D. (1995)
Notes on the meaning and origins of clone names. B.G.D Bartley. Personal Communications.

Derivation: United Fruit selections.
Collected by UF company.
Location: Limon, Almirante, Costa Rica.

Notes:  Selections from the Atlantic coast made in the 1930's.

Bartley, 1998a [BAR98A] The UF series were selected from MATINA material and from material from Ecuador (pers. comm. Soria).
 

Synonyms: UFC 242, UFCO 242

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List received in 2012   Reference
• Accession: 293
   - Local Name: UF 242
   - Year of Accession: 1978
List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10546
   - Local Name: UF-242
   - Year of Accession: 1952
List received in 1987   Reference
• Local Name: UF 242
   - Year of Accession: 1974
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: UF-242

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Susceptible, 100.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 4.3 and Internal Severety = 5.0
 Phillips, W., 1996
Susceptible, 100.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 4.3 and Internal Severety = 5.0
 Phillips, W., 1997
Susceptible, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Attached and not wounded
 Morera, J., 1993

Seed Index: 74.0 (dried beans per 100g)
Productivity: medium - high
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Colour Dark Purple: Present
Colour Light Purple: Absent
Colour Grey: Absent
Colour White: Absent
Colour Mottled: Absent
Number: 33.9
Maximum Number: 52
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 2.05 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.35 g
Cotyledon Length: 24.0 mm
Cotyledon Width: 13.2 mm
Cotyledon Thickness: 8.9 mm
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Rugosity: moderate
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Basal Constriction: moderate
Apex Form: obtuse - slightly acute
Rugosity: moderate
Husk Thickness: 10 mm (12.7 - 7.3)
Length: 171.0 mm
Breadth: 86.0 mm
Colour: absent anthocyanin
Weight: 557.0 g
Pods Per Tree: 6
Hardness: hard
Length Breadth Ratio: 1.98
Note: ratio of distances between ridges within a pair and between ridges of two different pairs = 0.74
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Shape: amelonado
Colour: green
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Colour: light brown
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Self Compatibility: self compatible
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin (apical)
Stamen Colour: intense anthocyanin
Sepal Colour: greyish green
Sepal Width: 2.47 mm
Sepal Length: 9.02 mm
Ligule Length: 7.44 mm
Ligule Width: 2.60 mm
Ovary Colour: anthocyanin absent (apical)
Ovary Width: 0.96 mm
Ovary Length: 1.37 mm
Style Length: 2.70 mm
Staminode Length: 6.89 mm
Pedicel Colour: pink
Self Compatibility: self compatible
Note: Translation of Methuen colour codes.
 Reference

Bartley, B.G.D. (1995) Notes on the meaning and origins of clone names. B.G.D Bartley. Personal Communications.
CEPEC (2012) Accession list for the CEPEC (Bahia, Brazil) collection. Dr. José Luis Pires, personal communication, February 2012.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Dominican Republic - CDC (1987) Informe de los trabajos de indentificacion clonal realizados por el Dr. B.G.Bartley durante su visita a la Estacion "Mata Larga". Unpublished of the Comision del Cacau, Dominican Republic. pp 14
IDIAF (2011) Cocoa accessions held in the Dominican Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Research (IDIAF). M. Ventura, personal communication, September 2011.
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.
Brazil - CEPEC (1987) List of clones in the CEPEC, Bahia, Brazil collection. Computer printout from CEPEC. Supplied by B.G.D. Bartley, CEPEC, Brazil.
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.