Adaptabilidad de clones promisorios de cacao nacional (Theobroma cacao L.), en el cantón Arosemena Tola de Ecuador.

The research was conducted in order to evaluate the adaptability of three promissory clones of National cocoa proposed by the Autonomous Equatorian Institute of Agricultural Research to the ecological conditions of the Arosemena Tola canton, belonging to the Napo province, Equator. To carry out to this objective a random blocks design was made, where the treatments consisted on the promissory clones, EET-95, EET-96 and EET-103 compared with the clone CCN-51 used as control. Morphological and agronomic indicators were determined. The promissory clones have characteristic of adaptability to the conditions study, in particular the clone EET-103, with high index of seeds, similar values of fruit index and yield that the control, but with higher quality and lower content of heavy metals in the seeds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]