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July 8, 2016


Unlocking Cacao's Fungal Foe

USDA scientists are searching for cacao trees with genes resistant to frosty pod rot—a fungal disease that can destroy 90 percent of cacao beans. (07/06)

https://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2016/160706.htm

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