Cacao diseases : a history of old enemies and new encounters /

Cacao diseases : a history of old enemies and new encounters /

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Imprint:	Cham : Springer, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 633 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Cacao -- Diseases and pests. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science. Plant reproduction & propagation. Agricultural science. Plant pathology & diseases. Cacao -- Diseases and pests. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11253217

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Other authors / contributors:	Bailey, Bryan A. (Bryan Alan), 1958- editor. Meinhardt, Lyndel W., editor.
ISBN:	9783319247892 3319247891 3319247875 9783319247878 9783319247885 3319247883 9783319796796 3319796798 9783319247878
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes index. English. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 29, 2016).
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.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783319247878
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-24789-2

Table of Contents:

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.