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UF 717    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 717, UFCO 717

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List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 10583
   - Local Name: UF-717
   - Year of Accession: 1952
List received in 1998   Reference
• Local Name: UF 717
List received in 2016   Reference
• Accession: PI 668449     GRIN-Global 
   - Local Name: UF 717
   - Year of Accession: 1967

Susceptible, 100.00 % Infection
Note: External Severety = 4.3 and Internal Severety = 4.7
 Phillips, W., 1997
Moderate Resistance, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Attached and not wounded
 Morera, J., 1993

Seed Index: 87.7 (dried beans per 100g)
Pod Index: 24.0 (pods per kg dried beans)
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Seed Index: 77.5 (dried beans per 100g)
Productivity: low
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Number: 34.9
Total Dry Weight: 41.6 g
Dry Weight: 1.14 g
Note: 15 plants sampled
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Colour Dark Purple: Absent
Colour Light Purple: Present
Colour Grey: Absent
Colour White: Absent
Colour Mottled: Absent
Number: 34.1
Maximum Number: 49
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 2.09 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.29 g
Cotyledon Length: 24.8 mm
Cotyledon Width: 13.6 mm
Cotyledon Thickness: 9.5 mm
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Butterfat Content: 56.40 %
Note: 8 plants sampled
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Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: slightly acute
Rugosity: slight - moderate
Husk Thickness: 12.1 mm (15.2 - 9)
Length: 180.0 mm
Breadth: 80.0 mm
Colour: absent anthocyanin
Weight: 629.0 g
Pods Per Tree: 3
Hardness: moderate
Length Breadth Ratio: 2.25
Note: ratio of distances between ridges within a pair and between ridges of two different pairs = 0.72
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Shape: amelonado
Colour: green
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Colour: olive brown
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Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin (apical)
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Colour: greyish green
Sepal Width: 2.52 mm
Sepal Length: 9.30 mm
Ligule Length: 6.94 mm
Ligule Width: 2.67 mm
Ovary Colour: anthocyanin absent (apical)
Ovary Width: 0.98 mm
Ovary Length: 1.42 mm
Style Length: 2.29 mm
Staminode Length: 7.62 mm
Pedicel Colour: pastel red
Note: Translation of Methuen colour codes.
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Self Compatibility: self compatible
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Bartley, B.G.D. (1995) Notes on the meaning and origins of clone names. B.G.D Bartley. Personal Communications.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
Malaysia - ARC Tuaran (1998) List of Imported Clones of the Malaysian Cocoa Board, January 1998. K. Lamin, MCB, Malaysia, Personal Communication.
USDA, ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. (2016) List of cocoa accessions held at Mayaguez in April 2016. USDA-ARS GRIN-Global. [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
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.
Malaysia - BAL Plantations (1991) Results from cocoa butter content determinations using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) analysis. G. Lockwood, CDC, U.K. 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.