The Impact of Plant Diseases on World Chocolate Production
By J. H. Bowers, B. Bailey, P. Hebbar, Soumaila Sanogo, R. Lumsden. 2001
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Subfields: Food Science, Horticulture, Plant Science
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Citations in the corpus
- Isolation and identification of mycoparasitic isolates of Trichoderma asperellum with potential for suppression of black pod disease of cacao in Cameroon (2007, methodology): “Current methods include shade management, phytosanitation, application of copper and metalaxyl-based fungicides, and the use of resistant cultivars (Bowers et al., 2001; Ndoumbe-Nkeng et al., 2004).”
- Antibiosis, mycoparasitism, and colonization success for endophytic Trichoderma isolates with biological control potential in Theobroma cacao (2008, background): “E-mail address: Bryan.Bailey@ars.usda.gov (B.A. Bailey). severe yield losses in many production areas (Wood and Lass, 2001; Bowers et al., 2001).”
- A meta–QTL analysis of disease resistance traits of Theobroma cacao L. (2009, background): “Cacao diseases reduce the crops’ potential globally by almost 30% annually, with some farms experiencing 100% losses (Keane 1992; Bowers et al. 2001 ).”
- Involvement of calcium oxalate degradation during programmed cell death in Theobroma cacao tissues triggered by the hemibiotrophic fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa (2007, background): “2F) around tlets in the greenhouse at CEPLAC/CEPEC (Bahia, Brazil).”
- Endophytic fungi as biocontrol agents of Theobroma cacao pathogens (2008, background): “; and witches broom caused by Crinipellis perniciosa (Stahel) Singer, Moniliophthora perniciosa sensu Aime and Phillips-Mora (2005)) cause an annual reduction in cocoa production estimated at more than 700,000 tons of beans, corresponding to more than 700 million US dollars (Bowers et al., 2001).”