INIAP

Cocoa and Coffee research Program, Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias

Ecuador ( Americas )

National collections

  • Examining an elite tree in the INIAP cocoa research farm. Photo taken from http://blog.worldcocoafoundation.org/

COLLECTION INFORMATION

  • Year of founding: 1940
  • Role of collection: National collection
  • Main objectives of the collection:
    1. Conservation of National genes for breeding purposes, 
    2. Availability of genetic resistance genes for witches´ broom and Moniliasis
    3. Availability of genetic resources to improve flavour quality and search for exotic flavour profiles.

CONTACT DETAILS

Collection Address

Cocoa and Coffee research Program, Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP)
Km 5, Vía Quevedo
El Empalme
Ecuador

Curator
Fredy Amores

ACCESSION INFORMATION

Total number of accessions: - 2332
Related Theobroma species -
Wild relatives of other genera (e.g. Herrania) - 0
Wild seedling accessions of T. cacao - 0
Wild clonal accessions of T. cacao - 838
Clonal accessions selected in farms - 1236
Seedling accessions collected from farms - 158
Clonal accessions selected in breeding plots - 100
Other - 0

Additional notes about the collection

Important in this collection are the genetic resources made up by the wild accessions (Upper Amazonian and National genotypes named as “Chalmers”, “Allen”, “Ancestros Nacional”).


More Information

Website INIAP cacao section (in Spanish): www.iniap.gob.ec/sitio/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:cacao&catid=6:programas&Itemid=12
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