Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank

The International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICGT), is regarded as the largest and most diverse cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) collection in the public domain with over 2300 accessions of cacao held as a field collection in Trinidad and Tobago. The Cocoa Research Centre of the University of the West Ind...

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Main Authors: Bekele, Frances, Bidaisee, Gillian, Bhola, Junior, Umaharan, Pathmanathan
Format: Libro
Language:Inglés
Published: Bioversity International 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148922
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author Bekele, Frances
Bidaisee, Gillian
Bhola, Junior
Umaharan, Pathmanathan
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Bhola, Junior
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Umaharan, Pathmanathan
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description The International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICGT), is regarded as the largest and most diverse cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) collection in the public domain with over 2300 accessions of cacao held as a field collection in Trinidad and Tobago. The Cocoa Research Centre of the University of the West Indies (CRC-UWI; www.sta.uwi.edu/ cru) is the custodian of this international cacao collection. This along with the cacao collection at CATIE, Costa Rica (abbreviated IC3) are the only two cacao collections in the public domain supporting global cacao breeding programmes. The ICGT was established through consolidation of a number of historic collections held in local estates originating from expeditions carried out during the period 1935-1970 into countries that are part of the centre of diversity of cocoa (eg. Peru, Ecuador and Colombia). The 34 ha land, in which the cacao field collection is held, is part of the La Reunion Estate, Centeno, Trinidad and Tobago; and was generously provided to the University of the West Indies by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) under a 99-year lease arrangement. The collection was initially established with support from the European Development Fund through a project carried out during the period 1981-86. The collection was incorporated under Article 15 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Subsequently (post 1990), accessions were added through collections from other parts of Latin America and the Caribbean region under various projects, particularly from French Guiana and other Caribbean countries. The genebank actively supports cacao breeding programmes through supply of germplasm and germplasm services. The coordination, catalogue assembly, and editing, was done by Evert Thomas of Bioversity International.
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spelling CGSpace1489222025-11-05T12:08:11Z Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank Bekele, Frances Bidaisee, Gillian Bhola, Junior Umaharan, Pathmanathan gene banks theobroma cacao cocoa pods The International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad (ICGT), is regarded as the largest and most diverse cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) collection in the public domain with over 2300 accessions of cacao held as a field collection in Trinidad and Tobago. The Cocoa Research Centre of the University of the West Indies (CRC-UWI; www.sta.uwi.edu/ cru) is the custodian of this international cacao collection. This along with the cacao collection at CATIE, Costa Rica (abbreviated IC3) are the only two cacao collections in the public domain supporting global cacao breeding programmes. The ICGT was established through consolidation of a number of historic collections held in local estates originating from expeditions carried out during the period 1935-1970 into countries that are part of the centre of diversity of cocoa (eg. Peru, Ecuador and Colombia). The 34 ha land, in which the cacao field collection is held, is part of the La Reunion Estate, Centeno, Trinidad and Tobago; and was generously provided to the University of the West Indies by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) under a 99-year lease arrangement. The collection was initially established with support from the European Development Fund through a project carried out during the period 1981-86. The collection was incorporated under Article 15 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Subsequently (post 1990), accessions were added through collections from other parts of Latin America and the Caribbean region under various projects, particularly from French Guiana and other Caribbean countries. The genebank actively supports cacao breeding programmes through supply of germplasm and germplasm services. The coordination, catalogue assembly, and editing, was done by Evert Thomas of Bioversity International. 2024-04 2024-07-04T13:42:34Z 2024-07-04T13:42:34Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148922 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International Bekele, F.; Bidaisee, G.; Bhola, J.; Umaharan, P. (2024) Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank. Lima (Peru): Bioversity International/MOCCA. 40 p.
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theobroma cacao
cocoa pods
Bekele, Frances
Bidaisee, Gillian
Bhola, Junior
Umaharan, Pathmanathan
Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank
title Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank
title_full Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank
title_fullStr Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank
title_full_unstemmed Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank
title_short Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank
title_sort catalogue of cacaos conserved at crc genebank
topic gene banks
theobroma cacao
cocoa pods
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148922
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