In tropical regions, the extent of agricultural land is rapidly increasing at the expense of
natural forest with associated losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Agroforestry …

• Premise of the study: Archaeological and genetic analyses of seed‐propagated annual
crops have greatly advanced our understanding of plant domestication and evolution …

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is an important economic crop, yet studies of its domestication
history and early uses are limited. Traditionally, cacao is thought to have been first …

We sequenced and assembled the draft genome of Theobroma cacao, an economically
important tropical-fruit tree crop that is the source of chocolate. This assembly corresponds …

Numerous collecting expeditions of Theobroma cacao L. germplasm have been undertaken
in Latin-America. However, most of this germplasm has not contributed to cacao …

Cacao, one of the world's most important perennial crops, is almost exclusively explored for
chocolate manufacturing. Most cacao varieties belong to three groups: Criollo, Forastero …

Background Plant domestication occurred independently in four different regions of the
Americas. In general, different species were domesticated in each area, though a few …

Even before the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, the perception of evolutionary
change has been a tree-like pattern of diversification-with divergent branches spreading …

Background Theobroma cacao L. cultivar Matina 1-6 belongs to the most cultivated cacao
type. The availability of its genome sequence and methods for identifying genes responsible …

Summary Theobroma cacao—The Food of the Gods, provides the raw material for the
multibillion dollar chocolate industry and is also the main source of income for about 6 …