Watering Rates and Its Response to Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) Genotypes Growth Development

Cocoa genotypes exhibiting different responses to water and watering rates growth parameters necessitate this study. Seedlings were raised from cocoa hybrids (CRIN Tc1 – 8) F3 Amazon. The seeds after 4 days of sowing subjected 3 50 ml, 100 ml 150 applied once every two arranged in a CRD design between December 2020 - May 2021 at Research Institute Nigeria (CRIN) Ibadan Nursery. Data collected include the percentage germination 2-4 weeks (WAS), parameter (plant height, girth, leaf area, number leaves), destructive sampling (fresh dry weight shoot weight, root Taproot length) which statistically analyzed with SAS tools. had no significant effect on seedling emergence date. Least plant heights observed when 50ml rate was CRINTc-1 (25.00cm), CRINTc-2 (26.53cm), CRINTc-4 (24.10 cm), CRINTc-6 (27.52cm) CRINTc-8 (28.75cm) 20WAS. Stem leaves fresh not significantly enhanced by levels genotypes. result also reveals that greater than their corresponding treatments. considerable but influenced morphological traits, performed more appreciably followed ml.