Cocoa bean shells (CBS) are one of the main by-products from the transformation of cocoa
beans, representing 10%‒17% of the total cocoa bean weight. Hence, their disposal could …

Background: The role of fungi in cocoa crops is mainly associated with plant diseases and
contamination of harvest with unwanted metabolites such as mycotoxins that can reach the …

Background and objective: Doxorubicin is a widely used chemotherapeutic agent that
causes oxidative stress leading to cardiotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, and nephrotoxicity. In …

Agromorphological characterization of cacao accessions in Peru is currently an important
tool in the conservation and genetic improvement of cacao germplasm. The objective of this …

The use of agro-industrial by-products in animal nutrition is a promising strategy to reduce
the food-feed competition, the diet cost at farm level and the environmental impact of animal …

This study assessed the adaptive capacity of smallholder cocoa farmers to address the
adverse effects of climate variability in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region …

The leaf of Theobroma cacao L. is used in traditional medicine in Ghana for the treatment of
malaria, yet, with no scientific evidence of its antimalarial property in animals. It was …

Soil-dwelling microorganisms use a variety of chemical and physical signals to navigate
their environment. Plant roots produce endogenous electric fields which result in …

Unsweetened natural cocoa (UNCP) was evaluated for reproductive toxicity in rats. A
preliminary genotoxic potential was evaluated by the DNA comet assay test using C57Bl/6 …

Vascular streak dieback (VSD) caused by the basidiomycete Ceratobasidium theobromae is
one of the most important cocoa diseases in Central Sulawesi, causing branch dieback with …