CATIE
Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
Costa Rica ( Americas )
International collections
Entrance of the International Cacao Collection at CATIE (Photo: W. Phillips)
COLLECTION INFORMATION
- Year of founding: 1944
- Role of collection: International collection
- Main objectives of the collection:
- a. To preserve the genetic varieties of the species.
- b. Scientific studies for the research of disease’s resistance and other characteristics of interest.
- c. Germplasm use in genetic improvement programs and research.
- d. Germplasm distribution with research and production purposes.
CONTACT DETAILS
Collection Address
Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE),
Turrialba
Costa Rica
Wilbert Phillips
ACCESSION INFORMATION
| Total number of accessions | 1146 |
| Related Theobroma species | 12 |
| Wild relatives of other genera (e.g. Herrania) | 7 |
| Wild seedling accessions of T. cacao | 0 |
| Wild clonal accessions of T. cacao | Approx. 230 |
| Clonal accessions selected in farms | Approx. 50 |
| Seedling accessions collected from farms | Unknown |
| Clonal accessions selected in breeding plots | More than 200 |
| Other | 0 |
Additional notes about the collection
Grupos: Criollos, ARF, CC, PMCT y UF. Selecciones de mejoramiento con características notables para producción, resistencia a enfermedades y calidad industrial. Clones resistentes a moniliasis.
More Information
| Website https://www.catie.ac.cr/index.php | View | |
| CATIE Catalogue of Clones (English) The catalogue describes the breeding process to select 6 commercial clones and the distribution in Central America. It includes morphological and molecular traits and agronomic and quality attributes of the clones. | View | |
| CATIE Catalogue of Clones (Spanish) | View |