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Howard Yana-Shapiro, a researcher for Mars, said that without engineering higher-yielding cacao trees, demand would outstrip supply within 50 years. Dr Yana-Shapiro said such strains will also help biodiversity and farmers' welfare in cacao-growing regions. The genome's availability will likely lead to healthier, tastier chocolate.
The sequencing of the genome was an international, multidisciplinary effort between firms including Mars and IBM, the US department of agriculture and a number of universities, and was announced in September.(...)

The article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11747616

Sull'argomento:

http://meristemi.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/per-un-cacao-migliore/

Cocoa Genome Database:

http://www.cacaogenomedb.org/

Basic information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobroma_cacao

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New Flavors Emerge from Peruvian Cacao Collection Trip:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926095333.htm