First report of Moniliophthora roreri causing frosty pod rot (moniliasis disease) of cocoa in Mexico

Plant Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 584-

  Phillips Mora, W ^a   Coutino A ^b   Ortiz, C F ^c   Lopez A P ^d   Hernandez J ^b   Aime, M C ^e  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Rural del Estado de Chiapas ^*  (Mexico)

^c Campus Tabasco ^*  (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CRINIPELLIS RORERI; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 33746237680     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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2. Evans HC, 1981. Pod Rot of Cacao caused by Moniliophthora (Monilia) roreri. Phytopathological Papers no. 24. Kew, UK: Commonwealth Mycological Institute.
3. Orellana RG, 1956. La moniliosis y otras enfermedades del cacao en el este de Panamá. Boletín Fitosanitario de la FAO 4, 168-9.