UNAN
Laboratorio de BIOciencia
Nicaragua ( Americas )
National collections
COLLECTION INFORMATION
- Year of founding: 2009
- Role of collection: National collection
- Main objectives of the collection:
The preservation of genotypes in danger of extinction (cacao criollo antiguo and Theobrama bicolor). Dissemination of genotypes with better biochemistry properties (grease, proteins, sugar, amino acids).
CONTACT DETAILS
Collection Address
Laboratorio de BIOciencia / UNAN-Managua
Rotonda Universitaria 1 Km Sur, Managua
Nicaragua
Juan Carlos Ruiz
ACCESSION INFORMATION
| Total number of accessions: | - 51 |
| Related Theobroma species | - 1 |
| Wild relatives of other genera (e.g. Herrania) | - |
| Wild seedling accessions of T. cacao | - |
| Wild clonal accessions of T. cacao | - 4 |
| Clonal accessions selected in farms | - |
| Seedling accessions collected from farms | - 46 |
| Clonal accessions selected in breeding plots | - |
| Other | - |
Additional notes about the collection
We have an ADN bank with 181 accessions from different regions in the country. We keep in the collection Cacao criollo antiguo and Theobroma bicolor trees.
More Information
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