Caracterización fenotípica en flores de Cacao (Theobroma cacao l.) en 40 híbridos experimentales en la finca experimental La Represa

Pollination is one of the most decisive practices in cocoa cultivation; therefore, to determine self-compatibility and evaluate morphology flower, it was carried out experimental farm "La Represa", Quevedo, Ecuador. For this purpose, a completely randomized DCA design used, with forty treatments, considering treatments hybrids three repetitions. Tukey's multiple range test (P≤0.05) applied differences between means. Manual pollination tests were performed percentage fertilization fifteen flowers per treatment, whose rate stood T26 T38 100% self-compatibility, followed by T15 T35 80% anti-incompatibility. Variables such as length width sepal petal, peduncle length, staminoid pistil, weight flower also recorded where different out, T1 T11 for 2.70 8.20 mm respectively. In height T10 2.50 mm. size peduncle, I highlight T20 1.81 T6 6.20 staminoid. The T10, obtained highest index at However, highlighted T13 registering average 0.065 g, concerning other studied. Keywords: Autocompatibility, , ; .