South Florida Reporter

The Bitter Reality: Why Big Chocolate Is Racing To Build A World Beyond The Bean

Global confectionery giants embrace lab-grown and plant-based alternatives as climate change and economic pressures devastate ...
Nature

Genetic Diversity and Breeding of Theobroma Cacao

The study of Theobroma cacao genetic diversity has progressed markedly with the advent of high-resolution molecular techniques. Researchers now utilise advanced genotyping methods to characterise the ...
Forbes

What Chocolate Secrets Lie In The Genes Of Ecuador’s Cocoa Crops?

In Ecuador, researchers are conserving the genetic legacy of cocoa (Theobroma cacao), the raw material of chocolate. Cesar Guillermo Tapia Bastidas, head of Ecuador's national department of ...
EurekAlert!

Cacti fungal endophytes may help cacao tolerate drought

The beans of Theobroma cacao are used to make chocolate and other products, but these plants are threatened by increased drought associated with climate change. Researchers identified microbes in ...
EurekAlert!

The cacao tree species (Theobroma cacao L.), from which we get chocolate, is likely about 7.5 million years old, with chloroplast genomes indicating that the current known ...

Funding: This study was supported by the Programa Nacional de Investigación Científica y Estudios Avanzados (PROCIENCIA) funded by the Project through the Contract N° 026-2016-FONDECYT “Círculo de ...