Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza National University researchers conducted a genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern ...

The Theobroma cacao plant is generally regarded as producing the world's finest chocolate, ... which was shown to have a relatively simple evolutionary history in terms of genome structure." ...

In this research, scientists assessed the consequences of variations in the structural organization of the genomes of 31 different naturally-occurring populations of Theobroma cacao. This tree species ...

You can thank these Theobroma cacao flowers for your brownie sundae. Courtesy of Flickr user Eric Hunt. The flowers of the cacao tree start opening in the late afternoon. Throughout the night, the ...

Biting midge flies may be one of several insects that help chocolate plants turn flowers into fruit. This month, in Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University opens “Chocolate: ...

Cacao flowers are also short-lived, typically receptive to pollen for only one or two days. Flowers that do not receive ample pollen die and fall within 36 hours of opening.

It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without chocolate. Yet cacao trees, which are the source of chocolate, are vulnerable. I am a passionate chocolate lover and an entomologist who studies cacao ...

Cacao flowers are also short-lived, typically receptive to pollen for only one or two days. Flowers that do not receive ample pollen die and fall within 36 hours of opening. Evidence suggests ...