Recent research identifies key factors affecting cocoa production, highlighting the critical role of pollination and ...

So, some might say that understanding pollination is one of the most important things we can understand about our gardens, ...

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a vital cash-crop for four to six million small-holder farmers across the tropics, and supports ...

Sustainable agricultural practices could help to secure and improve global cocoa yields, according to a University of Oxford ...

The insects responsible for pollinating cacao’s tiny flowers are, themselves, also tiny, in order to access the flower’s reproductive structures. Biting midges from the Ceratopogonidae family and gall ...

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He then lifted the flap and rubbed the pollen to complete the hand pollination. The news spread fast and Edmond was asked to teach the other plantation workers how to hand-pollinate the plant.

Stigmatodactylus, he realized, fit this bill perfectly. “I’m particularly interested in their pollination mechanisms, employing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates taxonomy, ecology, and ...