Cacao has long been a sought-after raw material for the worlds food industry. At first glance, it therefore seems surprising that biology knows little about the pollination of the cacao tree – ...

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the old trees or establishing a new crop elsewhere. Frequently, new plantations ...

Theobroma cacao is the tropical tree that produces the cacao fruit. When the cacao fruit is in its purest form, it's comprised of two components: the sweet white or yellow pulp inside the fruit known ...

I took my family to a cacao circle, and it wasn't what I expected at all-and brought up big questions about cacao's history ...

Gardeners who love chocolate may want to grow cacao and make their own chocolate. Cacao trees grow well here in Hawaii and with room for a small tree where it can have a shady overstory, it’s worth ...

Molecular geneticists have known for about a decade that genomic structural variants can play important roles in the adaptation and speciation of both plants and animals, but their overall influence ...