Overview
- Identifies gaps in our knowledge concerning cacao diseases and suggests future directions for research
- Includes emerging pathogens of cacao with yet-unknown potential
- Describes different approaches to disease management
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Crop and Its Pathogens
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Moniliophthora roreri and Moniliophthora perniciosa: History and Biology
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Phytophthora spp. Causal Agents of Black Pod Rot
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Pathogens of Expanding Concern
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Pathogens of Local Concern and Potential to Spread
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About this book
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 species (which cause witches’ broom and frosty pod rot) and Phytophthora species (which cause 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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cacao Diseases
Book Subtitle: A History of Old Enemies and New Encounters
Editors: Bryan A. Bailey, Lyndel W. Meinhardt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24789-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24787-8Published: 02 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79679-6Published: 07 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24789-2Published: 22 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 633
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Pathology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture