Fighting Pests And Diseases Organically With Help From Wild Cocoa Trees In French Guiana
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 14:28
in Biology & Nature
In every production zone worldwide, cocoa trees are faced with pests and diseases that can wipe out entire harvests. To protect their crops, farmers often use costly, polluting chemicals or labour-intensive manual techniques. However, there are now clean, ecological methods, for instance using sources of natural resistance. In this respect, a highly specific group of cocoa trees, the wild trees found in French Guiana, looks very promising.