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CRU 124    Theobroma cacao

Derivation: Cocoa Research Unit.
Location: ICGT, Trinidad and Tobago.

Notes:  Selections made from Trinidad populations.
 

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Current List   ICQC,R Website
• Accession: RUQ 909     ICQC,R 
   - Local Name: CRU 124
   - Year of Accession: 1999
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: CRU124
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: CRU 124

 DISEASE

 Phytophthora
Resistant, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Unripe, Unattached and not wounded
 Iwaro, D., 1998
Resistant, sp. P. palmivora (Pod).
Note: Score: 2 (1-8 Scale). Fully grown, unripe detached pods (4-5 months old).
 A.D. Iwaro et al., 2006

 YIELD

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Pod Index: 27.5 (pods per kg dried beans)
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 BEAN

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: purple
Shape: oblong
Number: 36.0
Total Wet Weight: 53.1 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 1.01 g
Cotyledon Length: 23.4 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.1 mm
 Reference

 BUTTERFAT

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Testa: 6.60 %
 Reference

 FRUIT

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: slight
Apex Form: obtuse
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 148.0 mm
Breadth: 78.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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 PHENOTYPING

 Fiona Lahive, 2017
Accession: RUQ 909
Light Saturated Photosynthetic Rate: 5.03 μmol m2 s-1
Stomatal Conductance: 0.08 mol m2 s-1
Transpiration Rate: 1.22 mmol m2 s-1
Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency: 63.16 μmol mol-1
Instantaneous Water Use Efficiency: 4.05 mmol mol-1
Flush Size: 5
Leaf Area: 247.80 cm2
Leaf Dry Weight: 1.90 g
Specific Leaf Area: 131.70 cm2 g-1
 Reference

 FLUSH

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: intense anthocyanin
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 FLOWER

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Ligule Colour: slight anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 8.89 mm
Ligule Width: 2.97 mm
Ovule Number: 39
Style Length: 2.20 mm
Pedicel Colour: reddish
 Reference

CRIG (2012) Cocoa accessions held in the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG). Francis Kwame Padi, personal communication, February 2012.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
Iwaro, D. (1998) Evalation of accessions for Black Pod. Personal Communication 30th October 1998. Data sent by email from Dr. Iwaro.
A.D. Iwaro, D.R. Butler & A.B. Eskes (2006) Sources of resistance to Phytophthora pod rot at the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2006) 53: 99–109
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.
Fiona Lahive (2017) Phenotypic data from climate change trials. Personal communication.