List of cacao diseases
Like other crops cocoa can be attacked by a number of pest species including fungal diseases, insects and rodents - some of which (e.g. frosty pod rot and cocoa pod borer) have increased dramatically in geographical range and are sometimes described as "invasive species".[1]
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases | |
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Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens (artificial inoculations) |
Stripe | Erwinia caratovora |
Fungal diseases
Fungal and Oomycete diseases | |
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Anthracnose | Glomerella cingulata |
Armillaria root rot | Armillaria mellea |
Black pod disease |
Phytophthora capsici |
Black root | |
Brown root | Phellinus noxius |
Canker |
Phytophthora citrophthora |
Ceratocystis wilt |
Ceratocystis cacaofunesta |
Collar crack |
Armillariella mellea |
Collar rot | Ustulina deusta |
Cushion gall (green-point gall) |
Nectria rigidiuscula |
Dieback | Physiological, stress induced, more than 80 fungal species associated with this syndrome |
Frosty pod | Moniliophthora roreri |
Horse hair blight | Crinipellis sarmentosa |
Lasiodiplodia pod rot |
Lasiodiplodia theobromae |
Leaf anthracnose | Colletotrichum spp. |
Macrophoma pod rot | Macrophoma spp. |
Moniliophthora pod rot | Moniliophthora roreri |
Phytophthora pod rot |
Phytophthora capsici |
Pink disease | Erythricium salmonicolor |
Sudden death | |
Thread blight | Ceratobasidium koleroga |
Trachysphaera pot rot (mealy pod) | Trachysphaera fructigena |
Vascular streak dieback | Oncobasidium theobromae |
Violet root rot |
Nectria mauritiicola |
Wet root rot | Ganoderma philippii |
White root rot |
Rigidoporus microporus |
White thread | Marasmiellus scandens |
Witch's broom | Moniliophthora perniciosa |
Miscellaneous diseases
Miscellaneous diseases | |
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Algal disease | Cephaleuros virescens |
Cherelle wilt | Physiological, no specific pathogen involved |
Nematodes, parasitic
Nematodes, parasitic | |
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Awl nematode | Dolichodorus spp. |
Cyst nematode | Heterodera spp. |
Dagger nematode | Xiphinema spp. |
Lesion nematode | Pratylenchus spp. |
Reniform nematode | Rotylenchulus spp. |
Ring nematode | Hoplolaimus spp. |
Root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne spp. |
Spiral nematode | Helicotylencus spp. |
Stubby root nematode | Trichodorus spp. |
Parasitic plants
Parasitic plants | |
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Mistletoe | Denrophthora spp. Loranthus spp. |
Viral and viroid diseases
Viral and viroid diseases | |
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Cacao swollen shoot | Cacao swollen-shoot virus (CSSV) |
Cacao yellow mosaic | Cacao yellow mosaic virus (CYMV) |
Cacao necrosis | Cacao necrosis virus (CNV) |
References
- "The World's Worst Cocoa Problems". www.dropdata.org. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society
- IPARC Guide to cocoa pests and their management.