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New flavors emerge from Peruvian cacao collection trip

New cacao types with unique flavors that are distinctly Peruvian have been identified by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. These new flavors could one day be marketed like wine, by geographical provenance.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cacao collection expedition may yield weapons for combating witches' broom disease

Fungi found in the leaves and trunks of wild Peruvian cacao trees offer the potential for biological control of cacao diseases such as witches' broom disease, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Food of the gods' genome sequence could make finest chocolate better

The production of high quality chocolate, and the farmers who grow it, will benefit from the recent sequencing and assembly of the chocolate tree genome, according to an international team led by Claire Lanaud ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 26, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

The chocolate genome, unwrapped

Halloween is about monsters, ghouls and most of all, goodies. Kids might be more concerned about the quantity of treats that drop into their plastic pumpkin baskets than their quality -- but for chocolate, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chocolate farmers could benefit from newly sequenced cacao genome

A first draft of the cacao genome is complete, a consortium of academic, governmental, and industry scientists announced today. Indiana University Bloomington scientists performed much of the sequencing work, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research Team Finds Evidence Cacao Ritually Used in Chaco Canyon

(PhysOrg.com) -- Inhabitants of Chaco Canyon apparently drank chocolate from cylinders like these about a thousand years ago. That’s the finding in a paper published this week by PNAS, a publication of the ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0