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B 12 /1 [POU]    Theobroma cacao

 Pound, F.J. (1943)
First report on the selection of cacao trees for resistance to Witches' Broom disease. Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.

Derivation: Balao.
Collected by Pound.
Location: Dept. of Agriculture, Ecuador.

Notes:  Progeny from Hda. Balao, Ecuador planted in Trinidad 1939-41.

10/09/96 Previously recorded in the ICGD and elsewhere that B stood from Bolivar but this was found to be incorrect when Pound's 1943 report was re-discovered.

Pound, 1943b [POU43B]. Progeny were obtained from the following trees or combinations of trees: 1+2, 3,4,5,6,7,8,9+10,11,12,13, 14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22 and 23.


 

Synonyms: B 121 [POU], BALAO 12 /1 [POU], BALAO 121 [POU]

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Current List   ICQC,R Website
• Accession: RUQ 1541     ICQC,R 
   - Local Name: B 12/1 [POU]
   - Year of Accession: 2005
List received in 2012   Reference
• Local Name: B-12.1
List received in 2018   Reference
• Accession: 22119
   - Local Name: B-12/1
   - Year of Accession: 2010
List received in 2011   Reference
• Local Name: B 12/1 [POU]

 YIELD

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Pod Index: 37.7 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference

 BEAN

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: purple
Shape: elliptical
Number: 32.0
Total Wet Weight: 39.5 g
Cotyledon Dry Weight: 0.83 g
Cotyledon Length: 21.3 mm
Cotyledon Width: 11.8 mm
 Reference

 BUTTERFAT

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Testa: 4.90 %
 Reference
 Trinidad - CRU, 1998
Butterfat Content: 51.50 %
Testa: 6.80 %
 Reference

 FRUIT

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Shape: elliptical
Basal Constriction: strong
Apex Form: acute
Rugosity: moderate
Length: 138.0 mm
Breadth: 73.0 mm
Colour: anthocyanin absent
Hardness: hard
Note: Hardness > 2.0 Mpa
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 FLUSH

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Colour: moderate anthocyanin
 Reference

 LEAF

 Trinidad - ICGT, 1992
Distance from Base to Widest Part: 117 mm
Length: 233.0 mm
Width: 83.0 mm
Length to Width Ratio: 2.80
Basal Angle: 118.0 °
Apical Angle: 77.2 °
Petiole Length: 19 mm
Pulvinus Length: 15 mm
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 FLOWER

 Frances Bekele & Gillian Bidaisee, 2022
Ligule Colour: moderate anthocyanin
Stamen Colour: slight anthocyanin
Sepal Length: 7.28 mm
Ligule Width: 2.54 mm
Ovule Number: 30
Style Length: 2.15 mm
Pedicel Colour: red
 Reference

Pound, F.J. (1943) First report on the selection of cacao trees for resistance to Witches' Broom disease. Unpublished report, Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad.
Mars Center for Cocoa Science (2012) Accession list for the Mars Center for Cocoa Science. Jean-Philippe Marelli, personal communication, February 2012.
Allan Mata (2018) Accession list for the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (IC3). Personal communication.
CRU (2011) ICG,T accessions. CRU website.
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.
Trinidad - CRU (1998) Fat Analysis Data. Data supplied on computer diskette by F. Bekele, CRU, Trinidad.
Trinidad - ICGT (1992) Leaf descriptors. Unpublished data supplied on computer diskette by International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.