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"Addressing the threatened future of chocolate in our modern world, Dale Walters discusses the problems posed by plant diseases, pests, and climate change, looking at what these mean for the survival of the cacao tree"--
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University of Florida Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Gainesville, Florida : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Addressing the threatened future of chocolate in our modern world, Dale Walters discusses the problems posed by plant diseases, pests, and climate change, looking at what these mean for the survival of the cacao tree"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 206 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-202) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781683401674 1683401670 |
| Index Number: | HD9200 |
| CLC: |
P467-05 TS246.5 |
| Call Number: | TS246.5/W235 |
| Contents: | Food of the Gods -- Chocolate Can Be Good for You -- Chocolate Is a Product of the Cacao Tree -- Transforming Cacao Beans into Chocolate Bars -- Small but Deadly -- Witches' Broom -- Frosty Pod Rot -- Swollen Shoots -- Vascular Trouble -- Sap Suckers -- Cacao Borers -- Going Underground -- Cacao, Shade, and Agroforestry -- Cacao in a Changing Climate -- Chocolate: Luxury and Livelihood. |