Cacao diseases [electronic resource] : a history of old enemies and new encounters / Bryan A. Bailey, Lyndel W. Meinhardt, editors.
Bailey, Bryan A. (Bryan Alan), 1958- editor.; Meinhardt, Lyndel W., editor.
2016
SB608.C17
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Title Cacao diseases [electronic resource] : a history of old enemies and new encounters / Bryan A. Bailey, Lyndel W. Meinhardt, editors.
ISBN 9783319247892 (electronic book)
3319247891 (electronic book)
9783319247878
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24789-2
Published Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 633 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-24789-2 doi
Call Number SB608.C17
Dewey Decimal Classification 633.7/49
Summary This book reviews the current state of knowledge concerning cacao pathogens and methods for their management. Topics discussed include the history, biology and genetic diversity of Moniliophthora (which causes witches' broom and frosty pod rot) and Phytophthora species (which causes black pod rot) that cause diseases resulting in major losses to cacao production. Emerging pathogens such as Cacao swollen shoot virus and Ceratobasidium theobromae (which causes vascular streak dieback) are also discussed in detail, along with many pathogens of significant local concern. Most of these pathogens represent major risks to global cacao production should they expand into new areas, breaking out of their current limited distributions. By considering cacao diseases as a group, similarities in the available tools and techniques used in their management become apparent, as do their limitations. Gaps in our current knowledge of cacao pathogens and the management of the diseases they cause are detailed, and suggestions for future research directions are provided. This insight allows readers to consider cacao disease threats from a more comprehensive, global perspective and paves the way for an improved synergy of efforts between the various research programs, agencies, and industries, both private and public, with vested interests in cacao production, and cacao farmers.
Note Includes index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 29, 2016).
Added Author Bailey, Bryan A. (Bryan Alan), 1958- editor.
Meinhardt, Lyndel W., editor.
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Part I The crop and its pathogens
Part II Moniliophthora roreri and Moniliophthora perniciosa: history and biology
Part III Phytophthora spp. causal agents of black pod rot
Part IV Pathogens of expanding concern
Part V Pathogens of local concern and potential to spread
Part VII Non-microbial maladies of cacao
Part VIII Disease Management.

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