CPCRI

Central Plantation Crops Research Institute

India ( Asia/Pacific )

National collections

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COLLECTION INFORMATION

  • Year of founding: 1970
  • Role of collection: National collection
  • Main objectives of the collection:
    • Conservation: Widening genetic base. 
    • Breeding: Selection & Hybridization for desirable traits. 
    • Dissemination: Transfer of coco production technologies under mixed cropping systems.

CONTACT DETAILS

Collection Address

Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI),
Regional Station, Vittal, 
Karnataka- 574 243
India
 

Curator
Elain Apshara

ACCESSION INFORMATION

Total number of accessions: - 291
Related Theobroma species - 1
Wild relatives of other genera (e.g. Herrania) - 1
Wild seedling accessions of T. cacao - 0
Wild clonal accessions of T. cacao - 0
Clonal accessions selected in farms - 10
Seedling accessions collected from farms - 0
Clonal accessions selected in breeding plots -0
Other - 150

Additional notes about the collection

This collection contains also Malaysian and Nigerian collections.


More Information

website
http://cpcri.gov.in
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