Breeding of Fruit and Plantation Crops 2 + 1

Cocoa Varieties

• Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Regional Station, Vittal (Karnataka)

Vittal Cocoa Hybrid (VTLCH) 4

• Specialty: Early, heavy bearer, suited to water limited condition.Dry bean yield: 1.245 kg/ tree/ year. Yield per ha: 847 kg


VTLCH 3 Vittal Cocoa Hybrid 3

• Specialty: Early bearer, high yielder, suited to water scarcity conditions.Dry bean yield:1.478 kg/ tree/ year.Yield per ha: 1005 kg


VTLCH 2 : Vittal Cocoa Hybrid 2

• Specialty: Early, heavy bearer, medium canopy, black pod disease tolerant.Dry bean yield: 1.145 kg/ tree/ year.Yield per ha : 800 kg


VTLCH 1 Vittal Cocoa Hybrid 1

• Specialty : Vigorous, early and heavy bearer.Dry bean yield : 1.48 kg/ tree/ year.Yield per ha : 1006 kg


VTLCC 1 Vittal Cocoa Clone 1

• Specialty : Early, heavy bearer, self & cross compatible.Dry bean yield : 1.33 kg/ tree/ year. Yield per ha : 904 kg

Indonesia

• DR-1, DR-2, DR-21 and DR-35 are resistant to cocoa moth.

Trinidad

• ICS-l, ICS-45 and ICS-92 are high yielding selections, showing varying degrees of tolerance to 'witches broom'.
• Hybrids; ICS-1 x SCA-6; (ICS-1 x SCA-6) x SCA-12; ICS-6 x SCA-6, (ICS-6 x SCA-6) x SCA-12 and TSH-999 are high-yielding hybrids released from the Tropical Research Station, Trinidad.