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Growth and nutritional responses of wild and domesticated cacao genotypes to soil Cd stress.
The Science of the total environment - 1 Apr 2021
Arévalo-Hernández César O, Arévalo-Gardini Enrique, Barraza Fiorella, Farfán Abel, He Zhenli, Baligar Virupax C
Abstract excerpt
Cadmium (Cd), a toxic non-essential metal, is easily accumulated in cacao tissues. This represents a risk for cacao exportation, and consequently it affects the economic well-being of the resource-poor-small-producers in Latin America. A greenhouse experiment was conducted with 53 wild and domesticated cacao genotypes to determine their response to Cd in terms of growth and Cd and essential nutrients...
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