Studies on black pod disease in Trinidad

Investigations on black pod disease of cacao in Trinidad started in 1898. Initial studies revealed that this disease was caused by a fungal organism later identifies as Phytophthora palmivora. It was noted that this disease was prevalent in most cocoa estates in Trinidad where it caused significant pod loss. Both sanitary measures and fungicide application were recommended for control. Although these methods were effective, farmers noted that they added considerably to the cost of production. This led to the search for resistant materials and consequently the development of several inoculation methods for the screening of locally collected germplasm. The results of such a screening exercise revealed that there were some resistant cacao types, but no immune variety was identified. Later investigations indicated that both P. palmivora and P. capsici were present in Trinidad as causal agents of black pod disease.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	80092 Iwaro, A.D., 121298 Sreenivasan, T.N., 121149 Spence, J.A., 36020 International Workshop on the Contribution of Disease Resistance to Cocoa Variety Improvement Salvador, BA (Brasil) 24-26 Nov 1996
Format:	biblioteca
Published:	Reading (RU) INGENIC 1999
Subjects:	THEOBROMA CACAO, PHYTOPHTHORA PALMIVORA, RESISTENCIA A LA ENFERMEDAD, ENFERMEDADES FUNGOSAS, FITOMEJORAMIENTO, PATOGENICIDAD, INOCULACION, TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO,
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