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SUBMITTER: Meza-Sepulveda DC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11004208 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meza-Sepulveda Diana C DC Hernandez-Urrea Catherine C Quintero-Saavedra Jorge I JI
Heliyon 20240404 7
In cocoa production, the harvest and postharvest processes tend to generate residues that, if not properly treated or disposed of, become a source of pests or diseases for the crop and the farmer. The residues are environmental contaminants, which are equivalent to 70%-80% of the total fruit (husk, placenta, leachates). In the case of cacao pod husk (CPH), it is hollow form contributes to the accumulation of water or leachates. These residues with no apparent profitable use may have components o ...[more]