Theobroma Cacao

This book provides insight into these scientific advances to address these current and emerging problems and to assure the sustainability of the global cocoa industry.

During our busy lives, it’s important to remember that old adage: “Stop and smell the roses.” But how sure are you that it’s an actual rose that you’re smelling, and not something entirely different?

This book intends to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of both biotic and abiotic stresses through chapters that include case studies and literature reviews about these topics. There will be a particular focus on understanding the physiological, biochemical, and molecular changes observed in stressed plants as well as the mechanisms underlying stress tolerance in plants.

This book collects new developments about corrosion inhibitors and their recent applications.

The chapters of this book present results in research undertaken to improve productivity in crops such as Actinidia chinensis (the kiwifruit), Theobroma cacao (cocoa), and Manicaria saccifera (a tropical forest palm). Some results are presented on tests to check the viability of pollen grains and the delivery of sperm cells through pollen tubes to the embryo sac. These results can serve as guidelines to any person seeking to improve pollination and productivity or to check the efficiency on pollination in ecosystems or agricultural production systems.