If DNA sequencing never held much relevance for you, consider the benefits likely to flow from the recent sequencing and assembly of the chocolate tree genome. The Theobroma cacao plant is generally ...

The words cocoa and cacao are often used as if they mean the same thing, but they refer to different stages of the same plant ...

Cocoa comes from the Theobroma cacao tree, which forms the basis of a multibillion-dollar U.S. chocolate industry. The seeds are processed into cocoa beans that are the source of cocoa, cocoa butter ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Determined to get some answers, I consulted a few chocolate experts while attending Grenada’s fun-filled Chocolate Festival—an ...

Cacao trees evolved around 10 million years ago, earlier than previously believed, new research shows. Considerable genetic variation might remain to be discovered among wild cacao populations, which ...

Master distiller Lesley Gracie developed the new profile after encountering cacao flowers in a Mexico City bar and experimenting with Guatemalan Theobroma Lachuá beans.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Figure A-I. Theobroma cacao subsp.