Cacao seedlings

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
July 7, 2017
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Exposing cacao tree seedlings to leaf litter from healthy cacao adults significantly reduced seedling pathogen damage – an effect attributable to the microbiota transferred from the litter to the seedlings.

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