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		<title>Mistletoe quietly drains cocoa trees of key nutrients, Ghana study reveals</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Research on Ghanaian cocoa farms shows the hemiparasitic mistletoe Tapinanthus bangwensis selectively depletes nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and copper in host leaves while enriching itself with nutrients, an effect that persists even after soil fertility is accounted for.]]></description>
		
		
		
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