IDIAF
Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales
Dominican Republic ( Americas )
National collections
Left: IDIAF Institute; Right: IDIAF nursery (Photos from www.thechocolatelife.com)
COLLECTION INFORMATION
- Year of founding: 1974
- Role of collection: National collection
- Main objectives of the collection:
In terms of conservation, the principal goal is to expand genetic diversity. About improvement, it is used for degenerated and low productivity cacao plantations.
CONTACT DETAILS
Collection Address
Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), Estacion Experimental Mata Larga,
San Francisco de Macoris
Calle Rafael Augusto Sanchez, No 89
Ensanche Morales
Santo Domingo
Marisol Ventura López
ACCESSION INFORMATION
| Total number of accessions: | - 115 |
| Related Theobroma species | - 115 |
| Wild relatives of other genera (e.g. Herrania) | - |
| Wild seedling accessions of T. cacao | - |
| Wild clonal accessions of T. cacao | - |
| Clonal accessions selected in farms | - 115 |
| Seedling accessions collected from farms | - |
| Clonal accessions selected in breeding plots | - |
| Other | - |
Additional notes about the collection
85% of the collection is considered extremely important, because of the philoprogenitiveness of the resources and its organoleptic qualities.
More Information
| Website: http://www.idiaf.gov.do/ (In spanish) | View |