Could CRISPR Save Chocolate? Penn State’s Disease-Resistant Cacao Moves Into USDA Trials in Hawaii and Puerto Rico
Nature World News | 29.10.2026 23:35
A cacao plant edited to resist one of the world's most damaging crop diseases is now being evaluated in field collaborations with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and Penn State has licensed it to a company planning to scale it up. The university announced the next steps on Oct. 27, according to a Penn State release.
