1. Cacao Research Center at the Executive Commission for the Cacao Farming Plan, Itabuna, Brazil
2. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, State University of Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Brazil
3. Faculty of Chemistry, Doctorate in Environmental Sciences, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, México
4. United States Department of Agricultur/Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD, USA
5. Department of Biological Sciences, UESC, Ilhéus, Brazil
6. Department of Exact and Technological Sciences, UESC