UF 18 Cacao (NSIC Cc 08): Yield and Characteristics
UF 18 is a registered cacao variety, also sold or known as NSIC Cc 08. It was registered with the National Seed Industry Council in 2008 as NSIC 2008 Cc 08. Puentespina Farm bred it. Its record notes about 3.11 tonnes of dry beans per hectare a year.
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for NSIC Cc 08, this is the same cacao. Its seller and farm sources add notes, listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our cacao variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: Land preparation for tree crops.
- Yield: about 3.11 tonnes of dry beans per hectare a year.
- Plant height: about 483 cm.
Key facts about UF 18 cacao
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Registration | NSIC 2008 Cc 08 |
| Year approved | 2008 |
| Breeder or owner | Puentespina Farm |
| Also known as | NSIC Cc 08 |
| Average yield | 3.11 t dry beans/ha |
| Plant height | 483 cm |
| Tree canopy diameter (cm) | 365 |
| Pod index (pods for 1 kg of dry beans) | 20 |
| Pod length (cm) | 19.75 |
| Pod width (cm) | 9.63 |
| Pod color (young) | Red with Stripe White Ridges |
| Pod color (mature) | Orange Yellow |
| Pod wall thickness (cm) | 1.83 |
| Pod shape | Angolata |
| Bean color | Violet |
| Bean no. of beans per pod | 41 |
| Bean length (cm) | 3.2 |
| Bean width (cm) | 1.8 |
When does it bear, and how much?
A registered tree variety is described from its mother tree, not from trial plots. Its record notes about 3.11 tonnes of dry beans per hectare a year. It first bore pods about 24 months after planting. A grafted or marcotted tree bears years sooner than one grown from seed, and its yield climbs as the tree grows.
anee.io keeps the records of each block of trees, from fertilizer to harvest, with the growth stages and weather beside them.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
| Pest or disease | Rating | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee/pod borer | Susceptible | Took heavy damage |
| Dieback | Moderately resistant | Took some damage but held up |
| Berry/ pod rot | Tolerant | Took damage but still yielded |
It was weak against coffee/pod borer, so scout for it from the early weeks.
The pests and diseases that hit cacao fields most often: black pod of cacao, cacao pod borer, mealybug. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What the crop is like
Each pod holds about 41 beans.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Harvest: First flowers about 24 months, pods about 29 months after planting.
- Fruit: Red pods with white striped ridges turning orange yellow, about 41 beans per pod, 100 dry beans about 166 g.
- Uses: Cocoa beans, chocolate.
- Tolerant to pod rot, moderately resistant to dieback, susceptible to cacao pod borer.
Why farmers know it: highest yield figure in the NSIC cacao list, registered by a private farm. Check these against what farmers near you have seen, because the same variety can do differently from one town to the next.
Where and when to plant UF 18 cacao
Plant grafted clones, and mix two or three, because many cacao clones need another clone nearby to set pods. Pick by pod yield and bean size. A registered tree variety is a selection from one proven mother tree, and only grafted, budded or marcotted plants carry its traits. A seedling grown from its seed can turn out quite different. So buy from a nursery accredited by the Bureau of Plant Industry, and ask which mother tree the scions came from. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Pagtatanim ng puno.
Before you buy planting material
- Buy grafted or budded plants from an accredited nursery, with the variety name on the tag.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Plant a few trees first if the variety is new to your area, before you fill the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
Start freeCacao varieties like this one
These are the closest matches among the cacao varieties we list. So if seed of this one is hard to find, compare these first.
- K9: 2.44 t dry beans/ha, 2008
- S5: 2.41 t dry beans/ha, 2008
- PBC123: 2.23 t dry beans/ha, 2014
- BR 25: 1.63 t dry beans/ha, 1999
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