In a greenhouse, for which the building scientists took more than one million pounds, now collected about four hundred species of cocoa trees. And the collection is constantly updated with new derived types of wood.
The fact is that the demand for chocolate grows every year, but now chocolate producers met with a serious problem. The fact is that whatever the high demand for this product, manufacturers began to harvest 30% more cocoa beans than the required consumption. And the beans – a product which can not be stored for a long time.
Note that the issue of construction of the quarantine center at Reading do back in the 80s of the last century. It was then for the first time engaged in breeding cocoa trees. But such a unique greenhouse, which was built now, they did not have, so the plants, even after a tough selection, it is still at risk of extinction.
quarantine center withdrawn hundreds of species of cocoa trees, which have been tested for their resistance to various diseases and climate change.
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