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:
- Conservation of National genes for breeding purposes,
- Availability of genetic resistance genes for witches´ broom and Moniliasis,
- 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
Fredy Amores
- freddy.amores@iniap.gob.ec
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(+59) 352750966 or (+ 59) 352750967
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 | View |