A rose by any other name... would be incorrectly described.
Tag - cocoa
Nigel Chaffey
Cocoa, chimpanzees, and the restorative value of gorilla dung…
Having reached mammals in our meanderings, and the human involvement in global plant dispersal (admirably explored in Michael Pollan’s book The Botany of Desire) notwithstanding, we couldn’t ignore our nearest and...
Plant pathologists fight to prevent the chocopocalypse
At a time when we are increasingly dependent on plants for survival, funding for plant pathology is being cut. Ed Yong gives one example of a potential catastrophe, a disease that can kill cocoa en masse.
Alun Salt
