They say the cocoa tree is going on in the list of endangered plants due to global warming and decreasing amount of water in the air.
The main ingredient in making chocolate is cocoa seeds. To grow cocoa trees, the temperature, rainfall and humidity are almost the same throughout the year.
Besides, poor farming is mainly associated with the production of cocoa seeds, which can not use adequate fertilizers or insecticides in the farm.
Under these circumstances, scientists using the gene-editing technology 'CRISPR' are thinking of enabling environment for cocoa trees.
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