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Micropropagation of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.)

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High-Tech and Micropropagation II

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 18))

Abstract

Cocoa has long been an important tree crop because of its various products, particularly those obtained from its seed, commonly referred to as the bean, and from other fruit parts which were long regarded as waste. The plant was cultivated for at least 3000 years by the Aztecs before it was discovered by Hernandez Cortez in 1519 (Gill and Duffus Group 1987). In fact, cocoa plants were seen on the coast of Colombia near the present border of Ecuador in about 1526 A.D. Historically, the seeds of cocoa were used as a beverage, used by the Aztecs as far back as 1519 for paying tribute and a currency, “cocoa bean currency”.

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Esan, E.B. (1992). Micropropagation of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) High-Tech and Micropropagation II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76422-6_5

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