Development of cacao crop (Thebroma cacao L), in Úrsulo Galván

Abstract

In areas where monocultures predominate, it is very important to introduce species with agronomic potential to diversify the crops and improve the socioeconomic level of the producers, as well as to provide more appropriate and suitable habitat for the species found. For a long time, one error has been the introduction of species without previous investigation, in which their adaptation is validated or evaluated, so in the Institute of Ursulo Galván a research was carried out prior to the adaptation of four Cacao varieties (Theobroma cacao L). The tested materials were: Inifap 4, Inifap 8, Inifap 9 and White Almond, obtaining so far in terms of the variables: in plant height, stem diameter and number of leaves there is no statistical difference, while for the variable number of branches, the only difference exists in the first sampling. The above is quite logical because the care given to plants is homogeneous and the adaptation is evaluated only after being established for two years.