Cacao fruitvariety
CATIE-R4
CATIE-R4 is a cacao selection from Costa Rica, part of CATIE's six-clone commercial release of 2007. It shares the UF-273 T1 × PA-169 cross with a sibling selection.
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Released 2007
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Origin & family
Where CATIE-R4 began
Recorded origin
Costa Rica
- Released
- 2007
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Field notes
Original source notes
catie selection observations
- source url
- www.cacaonet.org ↗
- trial site
- La Lola Farm, Matina canton, Limón province, Costa Rica
- catalog name
- CATIE-R4
- agronomic observation
- scope
- Historical La Lola trial and processing protocol, not expected farm yield everywhere.
- pod index
- 18
- source url
- www.cacaonet.org ↗
- observation years
- 11-year series reported in the 2013 catalog; not current yield
- yield estimation basis
- method
- Fresh seed mass multiplied by 0.38 to estimate dry-cocoa yield; not direct weighing of dried harvests.
- source url
- www.cacaonet.org ↗
- conversion factor
- 0.38
- seed index g dried fermented bean
- 1.5
- dry cocoa kg per hectare per year 11 year average
- 1336
- dry cocoa kg per hectare per year last 5 year average
- 2070
- self compatibility observation
- method
- Manual pollination; 30 flowers in three replicates; compatibility threshold at least 30% success.
- source url
- www.cacaonet.org ↗
- self compatible
- false
- country and institution
- country
- Costa Rica
- institution
- CATIE