"Pass Protection" -- The Discovery Files
Those who crave brownies or hot cocoa may be happy to hear that heroes too small to be seen may help to protect the world's chocolate supply. Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama found that exposing baby cacao plants to microbes from healthy adult cacao plants reduced the plant's chance of becoming infected with the serious cacao pathogen, Phytopthora palmivora, by half. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - July 24, 2017 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
Analytical Chemistry Podcast - April 7, 2009
A conversation with W. Jeffrey Hurst at the Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition. Hurst and Patricia Crown at the University of New Mexico traced the earliest use of cacao north of the Mexican border to ~A.D. 1000. (Source: Analytical Chemistry Podcast)
Source: Analytical Chemistry Podcast - April 7, 2009 Category: Chemistry Authors: Analytical Chemistry Podcast - April 7, 2009 Source Type: podcasts
