CEPLAC/SUEPA
Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira
Brazil ( Americas )
National collections
COLLECTION INFORMATION
- Year of founding: 1965
- Role of collection: National collection
- Main objectives of the collection:
Conservation of variability and rescue in regions under deforestation pressure; Provision of genetic materials for attainment of selected varieties; Composition of garden production of seeds and seedlings for distribution to the cocoa farmers.
CONTACT DETAILS
Collection Address
Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC), Superintendência de Desenvolvimento Região Cacaueira no Estado do Pará (SUEPA)
Avenida Augusto Montenegro, km 7, Parque Verde, Belém, Pará. CEP: 66635-110
Brazil
Elpídio Francisco Neto
ACCESSION INFORMATION
| Total number of accessions: | - 2504 |
| Related Theobroma species | - 26 |
| Wild relatives of other genera (e.g. Herrania) | - 2 |
| Wild seedling accessions of T. cacao | - 858 |
| Wild clonal accessions of T. cacao | - 935 |
| Clonal accessions selected in farms | - 102 |
| Seedling accessions collected from farms | - 19 |
| Clonal accessions selected in breeding plots | - 374 |
| Other | - 188 |
Additional notes about the collection
1821 acessions (clonal and seedlings) from brasilian amazon basin.
More Information
| Website CEPLAC: http://www.ceplacpa.gov.br/site/ (in Portuguese) | View |