a transcriptome developmental atlas reveals highly tissue-specific and dynamically-regulated gene networks in Theobroma cacao ...

Source: Theobroma cacao L. - Plants of the World Online - Kew Science. Researchers analysed pottery vessels from the Santa Ana (La Florida) archaeological site in the highlands of Ecuador ...

It gets the nickname money tree as the seed pods that grow on Lunaria plants resemble large coins. More commonly known as the ...

It really is the "food of the gods" The scientific name for chocolate is theobroma cacao ... from British-grown cocoa beans Growing cocoa beans is a tricky business. The plants only thrive ...

IT is well known that chemical elements can be concentrated in very large factors by plant cells, that is to say, the final concentrations in the cells may exceed those in the media by many orders ...

Soaring prices following changing weather and lower crop yields will soon prompt a rethink among manufacturers and distributors ...

Cacao was subsequently introduced in Europe and its popularity spread. Today, cacao is big business, and the Central and South American native plant is farmed around the world. Côte d'Ivoire in West ...

Aside from the odd piece of See's Candy, molecular biologist Raven Hanna didn't grow up a chocoholic. On a trip to Belize more than a decade ago, she encountered cacao trees and learned how the Maya ...

Additionally, sustainable farming practices, such as agroforestry, where cocoa plants are grown alongside other crops and trees, can enhance resilience to climate change. The Mediterranean region ...

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...