Genetics informs Hawaiian chocolate industry

Clustered around cacao's northernmost range, the Hawaiian Islands represent the only US state capable of a bean-to-bar chocolate industry. Thanks to more than 180 years of history in the Islands, Hawaii's cacao (Theobroma cacao) orchards have traces of all ten genetic cacao groups - but no...

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Published in:Frontiers in ecology and the environment 2015-10, Vol.13 (8), p.404-404
Main Author: Miner, Meghan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cacao
Chocolate industry
Dispatches
Gustatory perception
Human genetics
Theobroma cacao
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Summary:Clustered around cacao's northernmost range, the Hawaiian Islands represent the only US state capable of a bean-to-bar chocolate industry. Thanks to more than 180 years of history in the Islands, Hawaii's cacao (Theobroma cacao) orchards have traces of all ten genetic cacao groups - but not all plants grow equally well.
ISSN:1540-9295