El cacao, es un cultivo perenne ampliamente cultivado en regiones tropicales, entre las latitudes 10°N y 10°S a partir del Ecuador (ICCO, 2018). La producción de grano de cacao seco alcanzó en el año 2013 los 4,2 millones de toneladas, lo cual generó en valor 11,8 billones de dólares (FAOSTAT, 2018), y se prevé un crecimiento del 3,1 % hasta el...
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January 31, 2019 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: December 4, 2022
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April 26, 2022 (v1)Publication
Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy was evaluated as a fast and easy method for identifying the most interesting cocoa genotypes according to chemical composition, including bioactive compound contents, in more than 80 samples of cocoa beans from the Mexican Germplasm Bank, which were harvested over three years. Clear dif ferences in chemical...
Uploaded on: March 25, 2023