Cocoa Hybrid: VTLCH 1

 Salient features

• VTLCH-1 is a hybrid obtained by crossing II-67 × NC-42/94.
• This cocoa hybrid is early, heavy bearer, and tolerant to water stress.
• The pod is reddish brown, no. of pods 40/tree per year.
• The no. of beans/pod is 43, pod weight is 430 g and dry bean weight is 1 g.

Performance
• Dry bean yield/tree per year is 1.25 kg which is estimated to be 856 kg/ha.
• The shelling percentage is 12%.
• It is suitable for both rainfed and irrigated arecanut and coconut gardens of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa.