Evaluation and selection of cacao hybrids in Rondonia

The goal of the present work was to evaluate and to select cacao hybrids wi th respect to seed yield and quality for ecological conditions of municipal ity of Ouro Preto do Oeste, Rondonia, Brazil. The selection was done compar ing, by means of Duncan test, the yield measurement average in trial conduc ted from 1986 to 1991. A randomized complete block design was used. The bes t performance, considering total number of collected fruits, total number o f healthy fruits, total weight of humid seeds and mean weight of humid seed s per fruit, were obtained from crosses involving POUND 7 and BE 10, SCA 6 and PA 150, PA 150, IMC 67 and POUND 7 clones, respectively. The hybrids SC A 6 x ICS 1, PA 150 x SIC 328 and IMC 67 x BE 8 were outstanding when compa red to the others.