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Bartley, B. G. D. (Basil G. D.)
Title: Basil George David Bartley Papers.
Date: 1856-2007,
Date (bulk): bulk 1957-1999.
Extent:
40.4 linear feet
Abstract: The contents of this collection reflect the professional activities of plant geneticist
Basil George David Bartley, whose research focused on the cacao plant,
Theobroma
cacao
L. ("food of the gods"), primarily in the Caribbean basin, Central and South America, and Africa.
Bartley is remembered especially for his efforts to breed cacao resistant to Witches' Broom, a devastating
disease caused by the basidiomycete
Crinipellis perniciosa. The papers span the
years 1856-2007 (bulk 1952-2006) and include research notes; diaries; travel records; material related to
consultancies; published and unpublished articles, papers, and books; correspondence; a variety of secondary
resource materials; and audio tapes; as well as photographs, slides, and digital printouts.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many
are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Department of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-461
Language of Material: Collection materials in:
EnglishPortugeseSpanish
Biography
Basil George David Bartley was born in New Delhi, India, on February 14, 1927. He received his secondary
education at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, India, and at the age of fifteen passed the Cambridge School
Certificate examination in the first grade. In 1943, he entered the Allahabad Agricultural Institute of the
University of Allahabad, India, receiving a bachelor of science degree in agriculture in the first division four
years later. He continued scientific studies at Iowa State College (later Iowa State University), which awarded
him a master of science in 1948 and a doctorate in 1950. Bartley's main interests at the masters and doctoral
levels, respectively, were crop breeding and quantitative inheritance in soybeans.
Bartley's research into the genetic makeup of the cacao plant (
Theobroma cacao L.,
literally "food of the gods"), the plant from which chocolate is processed, was launched in 1951, when he
accepted an offer to become a plant breeder in the Cacao Research Scheme of the Imperial College of Tropical
Agriculture in Trinidad. His work at the Cacao Research Scheme, which later merged with the University of the
West Indies to become the Faculty of Agriculture, focused on breeding cacao for resistance to Witches' Broom, a
devastating disease caused by the basidiomycete
Crinipellis perniciosa. Of special
interest were efforts to combine resistant genes with superior agronomic qualities through a program of
inbreeding. Among other projects, Bartley spearheaded establishment of a cacao germplasm collection,
participated in a project to describe cultivars, and studied pollinating distances and control of seasonal fruit
production. In addition, he participated in research on the
Xyloborus-Ceratositis
fimbriata complex
and
Phytophthora palmivora.
Bartley traveled widely during his tenure in Trinidad. In 1952 and 1953, he participated in the Anglo-Colombian
Cacao Collecting Expedition, and in 1967 an excursion to Brazil's southwestern state of Amazonia. During the
1960s, he supervised a project that transferred to Nigeria cacao collections made three decades earlier by F. J.
Pound in Ecuador and Peru. In addition, he organized a cooperative program between the Cacao Research Scheme and
the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agro-Pecuarias of Ecuador that lasted from 1967 to 1973. While working
in Trinidad, Bartley also served as a consultant in Venezuela, Surinam, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Grenada, Florida,
Puerto Rico, and West Africa.
Bartley's tenure at the University of the West Indies ended in 1970, when he assumed a five-year position as
advisor to the Portuguese colonial government of São Tomé and Príncipe. Working
mainly on private farms, he conducted a series of experiments into genotype-environmental interaction, one of
which studied the effects of altitude on the timing and level of fruitification in cacao trees. In addition, he
attempted to rehabilitate old cultivations of cacao through grafting, introduced clones from outside the colony,
and established a germplasm collection based on methods learned in Trinidad. While employed by the government of
São Tomé and Príncipe, Bartley also traveled to Angola, which was a Portuguese colony
at that time, where he studied the expansion of cacao cultivation.
Bartley left Africa in 1975. For the next fifteen years, he worked at the Centro de Pesquisas de Cacao (CEPEC),
in Brazil, first in Bahia, then in Belem. At CEPEC, Bartley trained and coordinated staff, established and
maintained a cacao germplasm bank, and engaged in a series of studies, among them investigations into the
inheritance of selected characteristics and the role that self-incompatibility plays in production. Meanwhile,
he also continued efforts to discover genotypes with resistance to Witches' Broom. These included a survey of
cacao plants in the Amazon region of Brazil that resulted in a program coordinated by Bartley to collect and
preserve germplasm in that region. Under his direction, steps were also taken to use molecular biology analyses
to determine the intrinsic characteristics of cacao genotypes and to compare populations.
Bartley's consultancies during his tenure at CEPEC took him to Peru, Costa Rica, Trinidad, Grenada, Dominica,
and St. Lucia. In 1979, he visited Costa Rica to draw up a descriptor list for cacao to be used internationally.
While at CEPEC, he also traveled to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and Miami to visit quarantine facilities and
germplasm programs established and maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture and the American
Cocoa Research Institute to prevent the spread of Witches' Broom as plants were moved from one country to
another.
One of Bartley's major research interests while at CEPEC was a program to improve different varieties of cacao.
This included initiation and oversight of pioneering trials conducted at various sites connected with CEPEC. In
addition, it entailed development of an ambitious program to determine the behavior of large numbers of crosses
planted in semi-commercial blocks. Prominent among the outcomes was an initiative to determine whether cacao
varieties could be produced with the characteristics of reduced growth and canopy spread, which would enable
intensive cultivation of cacao with reduced inputs.
Bartley resumed travels as a consultant after his employment at CEPEC ended in 1990. In that year, he worked
for the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana and took part in discussions on germplasm conservation at the
University of Reading in England. In 1991, the American Cocoa Research Institute hired him to verify the
identities of cacao accessions in Mayaguez and Miami. The following year he traveled to Ecuador, where he
studied genetic resources, surveyed principle growing areas, and trained staff at the Instituto Nacional de
Investigaciones Agro-Pecuarias, and in São Tomé. Other consultancies in 1994 and 1998 took him
to Malaysia, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil. In 1993, Bartley established a long-term relationship as
consultant to the International Germplasm Database at the University of Reading.
A prolific author, Bartley capped his career in 2004 with the publication of
Genetic
Diversity of Cacao and Its Utilization
(Wallingford, U.K.: CABI).
Chronology
1927 |
Born in New Delhi, India, February 14. |
1942 |
Passes Cambridge School Certificate examination in first grade. |
1947 |
Allahabad Agricultural Institute awards Bartley bachelor of science degree in agriculture. |
1948 |
Receives M.S. from Iowa State College (later Iowa State University) with major in crop
breeding.
|
1950 |
Receives Ph.D. from Iowa State College; doctoral research focuses on quantitative inheritance in
soybeans.
|
1951-1970 |
Employed as plant breeder in the Cacao Research Scheme of the Imperial College of Agriculture (ICTA),
Trinidad; major research involves breeding resistance to Witches' Broom disease.
|
1952-1953 |
Participates in Imperial College of Agriculture Anglo-Columbian Cacao Collecting Expedition. |
1960s |
Supervises transfer of cacao collections from Ecuador and Peru to Nigeria. |
1967 |
Joins expedition to collect cacao in southwestern Amazonia, Brazil. |
1967-1973 |
Helps organize cooperative program between Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agro-Pecuarias
(Ecuador) and Cacao Research Scheme (Trinidad).
|
1970-1975 |
Advises Portuguese colonial government of São Tomé and Príncipe on cacao
research.
|
1975 |
Starts seventeen-year stay in Brazil at invitation of Interamerican Institute for Cooperation in
Agriculture, beginning work at Centro de Pesquisas de Cacao (CEPEC), near Ithabuna, Bahia, Brazil.
|
1976 |
Surveys cacao plants in the Amazon region of Brazil and draws up program for collection and
preservation of the region's cacao germplasm.
|
1979 |
In Costa Rica, creates cacao descriptor list for worldwide use. |
1983 |
Transfers base of operations at CEPEC from Bahia, Brazil, to Belem, to oversee major cacao research
program.
|
1983-1990 |
Visits Peru, Costa Rica, Trinidad, Grenada, Dominica, St. Lucia, and West Africa as consultant.
Maintains contact with USDA/ACRI quarantine and germplasm program.
|
1990 |
Serves as consultant to Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana. Participates in discussion on germplasm
conservation at start of cacao program at University of Reading, in England.
|
1991 |
Under contract with American Cocoa Research Institute, verifies identities of accessions to Subtropical
Horticulture Research Station of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Miami, Florida, quarantine station, and
collections at Tropical Agriculture Research Station of the USDA, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
|
1992 |
Assists Cacao Program at Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agro-Pecuarias of Ecuador. At request of
European Economic Community, advises government of São Tomé on cacao research.
|
1993 |
Appointed consultant to International Cocoa Germplasm Database and Quarantine Unit, both at University
of Reading, England.
|
1994 |
Advises government of Malaysia on identification of imported cacao plants. |
1998 |
Consults with government of Dominican Republic regarding identification and utilization of cacao
accessions.
|
2005 |
Publishes the Genetic Diversity of Cacao and Its Utilization (Wallingford, U.K.: CABI). |
Publications
Bartley, B. G. D., and M. G. Weiss. "Evaluation of physical factors affecting quality of oat varieties
from Bond parentage."
Agronomy Journal 43 (1951):22-25.
Bartley, B. G. D., and C. R. Weber. "Heritable and non-heritable relationships and variability of
agronomic characters in successive generations of soybean crosses."
Agronomy
Journal
44 (1952):487-493.
Baker, R. E. D., F. W. Cope, P. C. Holliday, B. G. D. Bartley, and D. J. Taylor. "The Anglo-Colombian
cacao collecting expedition."
Report on Cacao Research, I.C.T.A. (Trinidad), 1953.
(1954):8-29.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Principles and prospects of cacao improvement."
Journal of the
Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago
55 (1955):145-156.
Cope, F. W., and B. G. D. Bartley. "Some aspects of the plant improvement programme."
Report on Cacao Research, I.C.T.A. (Trinidad), 1954. (1955):27-31.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Trinitario-Scavina hybrids: New prospects for cacao improvement." Cocoa, Chocolate and
Confectionery Alliance, London.
Proceedings of the Cocoa Conference, London
(1956):36-40.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Methods of breeding and seed production in cacao improvement."
Proceedings, VIth Meeting of the Interamerican Cacao Committee, Bahia, Brazil, 1956. (1957):169-175.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Single plant selection in cacao improvement."
Proceedings, VIth
Meeting of the Interamerican Cacao Committee, Bahia, Brazil, 1956
. (1957):177-183.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Trinitario-scavina hybrids: New prospects for cocoa improvement." In Cocoa, Chocolate
and Confectionery Alliance,
Report of the cocoa conference held at Grosvenor House,
London, W. 1 10th to 12 September 1957
. London: The Alliance, 1958.
Bartley, B. G. D. "The efficiency of a test of the resistance of cacao seedlings to
Marasmius perniciosus Stahel."
Report on Cacao Research, I.C.T.A. (Trinidad),
1957-1958
. (1959):49-52.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Observations on the reaction young cacao seedlings to artificial inoculation by
Marasmius perniciosus Stahel."
Proceedings of the VIIth
Interamerican Cacao Conference, Palmira, Colombia, 1958
. (1959):104-117.
Bartley, B. G. D., and E. F. Iton. "A note on the infection of Herrania by
Marasmius
perniciosus
Stahel."
Report on Cacao Research, I.C.T.A. (Trinidad)
1957-1958
. (1959):53-54.
Cope, F. W., and B. G. D. Bartley. "New varieties and breeding policies at I.C.T.A., Cocoa, Chocolate and
Confectionery Alliance, London.
Proceedings of the Cocoa Conference, London, 1961.
(1962):134-136.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Exploration for
Theobroma in the Amazon valley, FAO
Technical Meeting on Plant Exploration and Collection." In R. D. Whyte and G. Jule, eds.,
Genetica Agraria (Pavia) 17 (1963):345-349.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Notes on the cacao of Maracaibo and the relationship of pod and cotyledon colours."
Cacao (Costa Rica) 9, no. 1 (1964):8-12.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Progress in cacao breeding and genetics."
Proceedings Conference
Internationale sur les Recherches agronomiques cacaoyers, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 1967
. (1965):228-233.
Ascenso, J. C., and B. G. D. Bartley. "Inter-varietal relationships of growth factors in young cacao
seedlings."
Euphytica 15 (1966):211-223.
Bartley, B. G. D. "The application of inbreeding to the development of cacao varieties."
XVIIth International Horticultural Congress, College Park, Maryland, 1966. Vol. 1,
abstract 615.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Producing new cacao varieties with emphasis on disease resistance."
Esso Cultivator 6, no. 1 (1966):15-27. (Also published in Spanish in
Esso Agricola 22 [1966]:15-25.)
Bartley, B. G. D. "Annual yield correlations in cacao and their significance in selection."
Proceedings of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Tropical Region 12
(1968):257-266.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Twenty years of cacao breeding at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture,
Trinidad."
Memórias, IIa Conferência International de Pesquisas em
Cacau, Bahia, Brazil, 1967
. (1969):29-34.
Bartley, B. G. D. "The present position in developing cocoa varieties,"
Journal of
the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago
70, no. 3 (September 1970):307-320.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Yield variation in the early productive years in trials with cacao (
Theobroma cacao L.)."
Euphytica 19 (1970):199-206.
Bartley, B. G. D. "First generation hybrids as parents in hybrids of
Theobroma
cacao
L."
Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) 48 (1971):79-84.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Procedures for the selection of varieties for commercial planting."
Proceedings of the 3rd. International Cocoa Research Conference, Accra, Ghana, 1969.
(1971):584-589.
Bartley, B. G. D., and W. S. Chalmers. "Cacao germplasm collection at the University of the West Indies."
Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter (FAO) 26 (April 1971):2-4.
Murray, D. B., and B. G. D. Bartley. "Guarding the plant breeder's treasury."
Proceedings of the 11th International Cocoa Research Conference, Bahia, Brazil, 1969 (1972):138.
Bartley, B. G. D., and F. W. Cope. "Practical aspects of self-incompatibility in Theobroma cacao L." In
Rom Moav, ed.,
Agricultural Genetics-Selected Topics, 109-134. New York: Halstead
Press, 1974.
Bartley, B. G. D., and P. De T. Alvim. "Brazil's program for the expansion of cacao production and
utilization."
Proceedings, 30th Conference of the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Confectioners
Association
, Lancaster, PA, USA. N.p., 1976.
Engels, J. M. M., B. G. D. Bartley, and Enriquez, G. A. "Cacao descriptors, their states and modus
operandi."
Turrialba 30, no. 2 (Apr.-June 1980):209-218.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Global concepts for genetic resources and breeding in cacao."
Proceedings of the 7th International Cocoa Research Conference, Douala, Cameroon, 1979. London, 1981.
Bartley, B. G. D. "The status of genetic resistance in cacao to
Crinipellis
perniciosa
(Stahel) Singer."
Proceedings of the 6th International Cocoa Research
Conference, Caracas, Venezuela, 1977
. Lome, Togo, 1981.
Mariano, A. H., and B. G. D. Bartley. "Comportamento de seleções locais na
produção de híbridos de cacau na Bahia."
Proceedings of the
VIIth International Cocoa Research Conference, Douala, Cameroon, 1979
. London, 1981.
Bartley, B. G. D., W. R. Monteiro, and G. A. Carletto. "Comportamento dos clones introduzidos como
progenitores de hibridos na Bahia."
Proceedings of the 8th International Cocoa Research
Conference, Cartagena, Colombia, 1981
. London, 1982.
Yamada, M. M., B. G. D. Bartley, G. C. T. Castro, and G. R. P. Meld. "Herança do fator
compatibilidade em
Theobroma cacao: I. Relaçõs
fenotípicas na familia PA (Parinari)."
Revista Theobroma 12, no. 3
(1982):163-167.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Retrospect of research on resistance of cacao to
Crinipellis
perniciosa
."
Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Witches'
Broom Disease
Crinipellis perniciosa
of Cacao, Amazonia, Brazil, 1982.
N.p., 1983.
Bartley, B. G. D., M. M. Yamada, G. C. T. Castro, and G. R. P. Meld. "Genética de
Theobroma cacao: ocorrência do fator letal 'Luteus-PA' na familia Parinari."
Revista Theobroma 13, no. 3 (1983):275-278.
Carletto, G. A., W. R. Monteiro, and B. G. D. Bartley. "Criterion para seleção de
híbridos do cacaueiro."
Revista Theobroma 13, no. 4 (1983):315-320.
Castro, G. C. T., and B. G. D. Bartley. "Caracterização dos recursos genéticos
do cacaueiro: I. Folha, fruto e semente de seleçõs de Bahia das séries SIC e SIAL."
Revista Theobroma 13, no. 3 (1983):263-273.
Yamada, M. M., and B. G. D. Bartley. "Incompatibilidade in cacaueiro (
Theobroma
cacao
L.): clones EEG 13 e EEG 65."
Revista Theobroma 14, no. 2
(1984):167-169.
Castro, G. C. T., and B. G. D. Bartley. "Caracterização dos recursos genéticos
do cacaueiro: II. Flor das seleçõs da Bahia das séries SIC e SIAL."
Revista Theobroma 15, no. 2 (1985):49-55.
Monteiro, W. R., G. A. Carletto, and B. G. D. Bartley. "Avaliação da capacidade
combinatória de clones em cacaueiro."
Proceedings of the IXth International Cocoa
Research Conference, Lomé, Togo, 1984
. London, 1985.
Bartley, B. G. D. Cacao.
"Theobroma cacao."
Breeding for Durable Resistance in Perennial Crops, FAO Plant Production and Protection
Paper
70 (1986):25-42.
Almeida, C. M. V. C., J. P. Barriga, P. F. R. Machado, and B. G. D. Bartley. "Evolução
do programs de conservação dos recursos genéticos de cacau na Amazônia
brasileira. Comissão Executive do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira, Departamento Especial da
Amazônia, Brazil."
Boletim Técnico, no. 5 (1987).
Yamada, M. M., B. G. D. Bartley, G. C. T. Castro, G. R. P. Meld, and L. R. M. Pinto.
"Detenninação dos genótipos de compatibilidade nos clones PA 150 e PA 16 da familia
Parinari."
Proceedings, 10th International Cocoa Research Conference, Santo Domingo,
Republica Dominicans, 1987
. Great Britain, 1987.
Bartley, B. G. D., P. F. R. Machado, D. Ahnert, J. P. Barriga, and C. M. V. C. Almeida.
"Descrição de populaçõaes de cacau da Amazônia brasileira: I.
Observções preliminares sobre populações de Alenquer, Pará."
Proceedings of the 10th. International Cocoa Research Conference, Santo Domingo, Republica
Dominica, 1987.
London, 1988.
Bartley, B. G. D. "La calidad en el mejoramiento genetico del cacao." In J. A. Morera and A. Paredes,
eds.,
Memoria del Seminario: Manejo de Germoplasma de Cacao, CATIE/IICA, 1-19.
Turrialba, Costa Rica, 1989.
Castro, G. C. T., T. N. S. Pereira, G. A. Carletto, and B. G. D. Bartley.
"Caracterização dos recursos genéticos do cacaueiro. III. Flor das
seleções CEPEC, EEG, SIAL, BE, MA, RB, CA e CAB."
Agrotrópica 1, no. 1 (1989):27-33.
Pires, J. L., W. R. Monteiro, and B. G. D. Bartley. "CEPLAC's Germplasm collection-quantitative evaluation
of the Cacao Collection at the Cacao Research Center (CEPEC) in Bahia, Brazil."
Proceedings, International Workshop on Conservation, Characterisation and Utilisation of Cocoa Genetic
Resources in the 21st Century, Trinidad, 1992
. Trinidad: CRU, n.d.
Bartley, B. G. D. "A review of cacao improvement: fundamentals, methods and results."
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cocoa Breeding Strategies, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, 1994
. (1994):3-16.
Pastorelly, D. M., J. S. Vera, G. A. Enriquez, and B. G. D. Bartley. "Estudio de la compatibilidad y
algunas caracteristicas del cacao tipo Nacional de Ecuador."
Proceedings, 11th
International Cocoa Research Conference, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, 1993
. Great Britain, 1994.
Pires, J. L., E. D. M. N. Luz, U. V. Lopes, and B. G. D. Bartley. "Incidêcia natural de
Podridão-Parda em clones de cacaueiro na Bahia, Brasil."
Proceedings, 11th
International Cocoa Research Conference, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, 1993
. Great Britain, 1994.
Pires, Jose L., Wilson R. Montiero, Milton M. Yamada, and Basil G. D. Bartley. "Características
agronómicas das seleçõs de cacau derivadas das variedades tradicionais primeiramente
introduzidas na Bahia, Brasil."
Proceedings, 11th International Cocoa Research Conference,
Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, 1993
. Great Britain, 1994.
Bartley, B. G. D. "Perspectival de melhoramento de cacaueiro em São Tomé e
Príncipe."
I as. Jornadas sobre a Agriculture de São Tomé e
Príncipe, 1993, Comunicações, IICT, Lisbon
. 19 (1995):83-91.
Yamada, M. M., B. G. D. Bartley, U. V. Lopes, and L. R. M. Pinto. "Herança do fator
compatibilidade em
Theobroma cacao L. Il. Relações
fenotípicas em genótipos adicionais do grupo Parinari (PA)."
Agrotropica 8, no 2 (1996):51-52.
Yamada, M. M., B. G. D. Bartley, G. R. P. Meld. "The compatibility status of clones descended from the
Ecuador 'Nacional' in the CEPEC genebank."
Agrotropica 16, no. 2 (2004):47-50.
Bartley, B. G. D.
Genetic Diversity of Cacao and Its Utilization.
Wallingford, Eng.: CABI, 2005.
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms
- ACRI: American Cocoa Research Institute
- Agua Preta: "Black Water"; site of experimental station in Brazil
-
árvore: "tree" (Portuguese)
- BAG: Banco Activo de Germoplasm (Active Germplasm Bank)
- BCCCA: Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate, and Confectionary Alliance
-
bloco: "block" (Portuguese)
-
camada: "bed for plants"; "layer" (Portuguese)
-
campo: "field" (Portuguese)
- CAS: Campo Agricola de Santarem (station for propagation of plants near Santarem, Brazil)
- CATIE: Centro Agrónomico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñaza (Costa Rica)
- CEBEL: See SEBEL
- Centeno: Location in Trinidad where Cocoa Board oversees cultivation of cocoa
- CEPEC: Centro de Pesquisas do Cacao (Cacao Research Center; Brazil)
- CEPLAC: Executive Commission for the Cacao Industry (Brazil)
- CITEA: Center for the Introduction of Theobroma from Amazonia (Brazil, later called ERGEC and ERJOH)
- CNPMF: National Center for Research on Cassava and Fruits of EMBRAPA (quarantine station in Cruz das
Alamas, Brazil)
- CPATU: Center for Agricultural Research for the Humid Tropics (near Belem, Brazil)
- CRS: Cocao Research Scheme (Trinidad)
- CRU: Cocoa Research Unit (Trinidad)
- DEPEA: Special Department for Amazonia (Brazil)
-
endocria: "inbreeding"; "inbred" (Portuguese)
-
ensaio: "experiment"; "trial" (Portuguese)
- ERGEC: de Recursos Geneticos de Cacau (Brazil; successor name for CITEA, later called ERJOH)
- ERJOH: Estação de Recursos Geneticos José Haroldo (Brazil; successor name for CITA and
ERGEC)
- ERNEG: Estação Rio Negro (experimental station in state of Amazonas, Brazil, near
Manaus)
- ESALF: Estação de Alta Floresta (experimental station in state of Mato Brosso, Brazil)
- ESEOP: Estação Experimental de Ouro Preto (experimental station in state of Rondonia,
Brazil)
- ESFIP: Estação de Filagónio Peixoto (CEPEC experimental station in state of
Espirito Santo, Brazil, at Linhares)
- ESOMI: Estação de Sostenes Miranda (CEPEC experimental station serving Reconcavo region
of Brazil)
- ESPAM: Estação Paulo Morelli (experimental station in state of Pará, Brazil,
west of Belem in the Transamazon Highway area; previously named ESTAL)
- ESSIN: Estação de Santa Inés (experimental station in state of
Maranhão, Brazil)
- ESTAL: Estação de Altamira (experimental station in state of Pará, Brazil;
later called ESPAM)
-
fazenda: "farm" (Portuguese)
-
fila: "line"; "row" (Portuguese)
- IAGAC: International Association for Genetic Improvement of Cocoa
- IBPGR: International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
- ICB: Instituto de cacao de Bahia (Brazil)
- ICDG: International Cocoa Germplasm Database
- ICGT: International Cocoa Genebank Trinidad
- ICTA: Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture
- IICA: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation on Agriculture)
- INGENIC: International Group for Genetic Improvement of Cocoa
- INPA: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (Brazil)
- IPEAN: Instituto de Pesquisa e Experimentação Agronomica do Norte (Brazil)
- Jaçari: Site of research station in Brazil attached to CEPEC
- LCTAP: London Cocoa Trade Amazon Project
- LH: Las Hermanas (private farm in Trinidad and center of cocoa research)
-
linha: "line'; "row" (Portuguese)
- Marper: Institute in Trinidad to study Marasmius perniciosus
-
parcela: "plot" (Portuguese)
-
planta: "plant" (Portuguese)
-
quadra: "area"; "block"; or "field" (Portuguese)
- RE: River Estate (Trinidad)
-
repetição: "replication" (Portuguese)
- SEBEL: Serviços Experimentais de Belem (activities of DEPEA in area of Belem, Brazil)
-
seleção: "selection" (Portuguese)
- SEMA: Serviços Experimentais de Belem (unit of CEPLAC, near Manaus, Brazil)
- SHRS: Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Miami, Florida)
- SIPLA: Serviço de Introduction of Plants (quarantine station in Salvador, Brazil)
- SJ: St. Joseph Nursery (Trinidad)
- SJN: See SJ
- TARS: Tropical Agriculture Research Station (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico)
- TECP: Trinidad-Ecuador Collaborative Project
- U:F:S: University Field Station (Trinidad)
- UWI/ICTA: University (College) of the West Indies/Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture
-
vala: "ditch"; "drain" (Portuguese)
-
viveiro: "nursery for plants" (Portuguese)
Scope and Content
The Basil George David Bartley Papers span the years 1856-2007, with the bulk of material falling between 1957
and 1999. The collection is arranged in eight series: 1. Biographical Material and Staff Notes, 2. Professional
Research and Unpublished Writings, 3. Publications, Papers, and Lectures, 4. Correspondence, Articles, and
Research, 5. Resource Material, 6. Audio Tapes, 7. Photographs, Slides, and Digital Printouts, and 8. Addendum:
Reprints. The papers focus on Bartley's scientific career as a specialist in the genetics of the cacao plant
(
Theobroma cacao L.). They include research notes of his own, material related to
consultancies, correspondence, secondary resource material, and published and unpublished articles, papers, and
lectures. Also present are related audio tapes and visual material.
Related Collections
The following collections at Special Collections may also be of interest:
D-104, Thomas F. Hunt Papers, 1862-1927. This collection contains a comparative study of the agriculture of
Caribbean countries; a paper about the economics of the sugar industry by John Cycler (circa 1938); and an
extensive collection of photographs depicting agricultural methods in Jamaica, Hawaii, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador,
Panama, and Costa Rica.
D-356, Lester Hannibal Papers, 19-- -19--. This collection contains correspondence, articles, catalogs, notes,
photographs, reports, and slides from one of the foremost plant breeders in the United States.
O-041, Nursery and Seed Catalog Collection: International, 1874- . This collection contains catalogs of trees,
fruits, vegetables, grains, flowers, and gardening equipment introduced to the public from 1856 to the present
from Canada, England, Western Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and India.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Bartley, B. G. D. (Basil G. D.)--Archives.
Cacao--Brazil.
Cacao--Breeding.
Cacao--Central America.
Cacao--Côte d'Ivoire.
Cacao--Diseases and pests.
Cacao--Genetics
Cacao--Ghana.
Cacao--Nigeria.
Cacao--Peru.
Cacao--Research.
Cacao--São Tomé and Príncipe.
Chocolate.
Food industry and trade.
Botany.
Witches' Broom Disease.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Basil George David Bartley, 2007.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Basil George David Bartley Papers , D-461, Department of Special Collections, General
Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of
California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.