Assessment of sanitation and fungicide application directed at cocoa tree trunks for the control of Phytophthora black pod infections in pods growing in the canopy

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-175

  Opoku, Isaac Y ^a   Akrofi, Andrews Y ^a   Appiah, Alex A ^a,b  

^a New Tafo   (Ghana)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy; Disease control; Phytophthora megakarya; Phytophthora palmivora; Systemic and contact fungicides; Theobroma cacao; Trunk

Indexed keywords

COCOA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; SANITATION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEGAKARYA; PHYTOPHTHORA PALMIVORA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 33846505393     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-006-9082-8     Document Type: Article

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