CIRAD (MPL)
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD)
France ( Africa/Europe )
National collections
Cacao seedlings (Photo: C. Lanaud - CIRAD)
COLLECTION INFORMATION
- Year of founding: 1985
- Role of collection: National collection
- Main objectives of the collection:
To be a working collection for cocoa research scientists in Montpellier.
About 1989-90, it was a quarantine facility for the dispatching of Guianan clones.
CONTACT DETAILS
Collection Address
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD)
Avenue Agropolis,
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5
France
Philippe Lachenaud
ACCESSION INFORMATION
Total number of accessions: | 138 |
Related Theobroma species | 0 |
Wild relatives of other genera (e.g. Herrania) | 0 |
Wild seedling accessions of T. cacao | 0 |
Wild clonal accessions of T. cacao | 80 |
Clonal accessions selected in farms | 10 |
Seedling accessions collected from farms | 0 |
Clonal accessions selected in breeding plots | 40 |
Other | 121 |
Additional notes about the collection
-More Information
Les mondes du caco (PDF 3.58 Mb) 1999, Brochure produced by CIRAD www.cirad.fr/en/research-operations/supply-chains/cocoa/ | View |