Motivation of Cocoa Farmers in Implementing the Cocoa Production Technology: Case at Sirenja District Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi Province [PDF]
Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal, 2010 One of the efforts to increase the quality and production of cacao is to apply proper technology of cacao production at farmers level. Level of the technology of cacao production is different among the farmers, which related to the motivation.
Amiruddin Saleh
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 Cacao in Honduras is cultivated under traditional shade tree species (Inga sp., Erythrina sp., Gliricidia sp.), fruit and timber species deliberately planted or selected and managed from natural regeneration.
Oscar Ramírez-Argueta +7 more
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The First National Survey of Cadmium in Cacao Farm Soil in Colombia
Agronomy, 2021 This study represents the first nationwide survey regarding the distribution of Cd content in cacao-growing soils in Colombia. The soil Cd distribution was analyzed using a cold/hotspots model.
Daniel Bravo +8 more
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Diversity, 2021 The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao L.) is native to the Amazon basin and widely cultivated in the tropics to produce seeds, the valuable raw material for the chocolate industry. Conservation of cacao genetic resources and their availability for breeding and
Helmuth Edisson Nieves-Orduña +3 more
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The pathogen Moniliophthora perniciosa promotes differential proteomic modulation of cacao genotypes with contrasting resistance to witches´ broom disease [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Witches' broom disease (WBD) of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.), caused by Moniliophthora perniciosa, is the most important limiting factor for the cacao production in Brazil.
Correa, Stephany Cristiane +4 more
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Fertilización nitrogenada después de la poda del cafeto robusta en Cambisoles
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2011 El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar la influencia de la fertilización mineral nitrogenada, después de la poda del cafeto robusta, sobre la productividad del cultivo y algunos indicadores químicos (pH, materia orgánica) y microbiológicos (respiración ...
Alberto Pérez Díaz +5 more
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Jurnal Riset Perkebunan, 2021 Generally, the cacao farmers in Harau, Lima Puluh Kota District cultivating the cacao crops that unclear identity of its seed and there is also a high level of cacao diversity.
Winesday Rindu +2 more
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Selecting cacao clones with high productivity potential and tolerance to Black Pod Rot (Phytophthora sp.) and Frosty Pod Rot (Moniliophthora roreri) [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection ResearchCacao (Theobroma cacao) is significantly impacted each year by Frosty Pod Rot (FPR) caused by Moniliophthora roreri and Black Pod Rot (BPR) caused by Phytophthora species. The losses from these diseases pose a severe threat to cacao production worldwide.
Marlon Enrique Lopez Torres +3 more
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms from Theobroma cacao expressed sequence tags associated with witches' broom disease in cacao [PDF]
, 2009 In order to increase the efficiency of cacao tree resistance to witches¿ broom disease, which is caused by Moniliophthora perniciosa (Tricholomataceae), we looked for molecular markers that could help in the selection of resistant cacao genotypes.
Carels, Nicolas +10 more
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Cacao quality index for cacao agroecosystems in Bahia, Brazil
International Journal of Food Properties, 2019 Brazil is increasingly committed to developing research on the quality of cacao. The objective of this work was to develop a new Cacao Quality Index (CQI) methodology with cacao industry, chocolate flavor, human health and food safety functions, and to ...
Quintino Reis de Araujo +5 more
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