KHẢO NGHIỆM MỘT SỐ GIỐNG CA CAO NHẬP NỘI TẠI CÁC VÙNG TRỒNG CHÍNH CỦA VIỆT NAM
KHẢO NGHIỆM MỘT SỐ GIỐNG CA CAO NHẬP NỘI TẠI CÁC VÙNG TRỒNG CHÍNH CỦA VIỆT NAM
Assessment of cocoa varieties introduced from overseas in the growing areas of Vietnam
The experiment of comparison of cocoa variety imported shows TD7, TD9 and TD11 has wide adaptability, yield ≥ 2.0 tons/ha/year in mature stage. Besides, these two varieties has great characteristics of bean quality (bean size of 1.18 g, 1.39, 1.21 g and butter content of 55.1%, 59.5%, 56.7%) higher than control variety of TD3 (bean size of 1.01 g and butter content of 50%) which is a common variety in production. These three varieties got pod rot disease at the level of mild. Production test results show that yield of TD7, TD9 and TD11 always reach over 2.0 tons/ha/year and higher than the control >10%.