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If You Like Chocolate, Thank the Midges!

If you like chocolate, thank the midges. These tiny flies (about 1 to 3mm) pollinate the intricate...

Ernesto Sandoval, collections manager for the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, checks out the cacao tree, aka "chocolate tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ernesto Sandoval, collections manager for the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, checks out the cacao tree, aka "chocolate tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, February 8, 2019 at 2:06 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: cacao tree (1), Ceratopogonidae (1), chocolate (2), chocolate midges (1), Ernesto Sandoval (4), midges (1), Theobroma cacao (1), UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day (64), UC Davis Botanical Conservatory (2)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Posts Tagged: UC Davis Botanical Conservatory

If You Like Chocolate, Thank the Midges!

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