Cacao collection expedition may yield weapons for combating witches' broom disease
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
Fungi found in the leaves and trunks of wild Peruvian cacao trees offer the potential for biological control of cacao diseases such as witches' broom disease, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. Several of the fungal species were previously unknown to science.