CRU
Cocoa Research Unit
Trinidad and Tobago ( Americas )
International collections
The cocoa research station of CRU. (Photo: E. Seguine)
COLLECTION INFORMATION
- Year of founding: 1982
- Role of collection: International collection
- Main objectives of the collection:
- Augmenting the Collection,
- Curation of the collection, including good maintenance, characterisation, documentation and distribution through an intermediate quarantine facility,
- Developing a DNA fingerprint repository and ensure fidelity of plots,
- Duplication of collection,
- Germplasm enhancement for specific traits,
- Developing methodologies for genomic selection,
- Developing strategies for the long-term sustainability of the collection,
- Evaluation and distribution of elite genotypes identified.
CONTACT DETAILS
Collection Address
Cocoa Research Unit (CRU)
The University of the West Indies,
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
Pathmanathan Umaharan
ACCESSION INFORMATION
Total number of accessions: | 2400 |
Related Theobroma species | 4 |
Wild relatives of other genera (e.g. Herrania) | 14 |
Wild seedling accessions of T. cacao | 601 |
Wild clonal accessions of T. cacao | 86 |
Clonal accessions selected in farms | 133 |
Seedling accessions collected from farms | 1040 |
Clonal accessions selected in breeding plots | 130 |
Other | 349 |
Additional notes about the collection
Unique in this collection are: Pound’s local selections (1930s), Pound’s Upper Amazon collections (1937-42), Refractarios, Accessions from the Anglo-Colombian expedition (1952-3), Accessions from Chalmers collection (1968-72), John Allen's Collection (1960s)
More Information
Website http://sta.uwi.edu/cru/index.asp | View |