PCR-based identification of cacao black pod causal agents and identification of biological factors possibly contributing to Phytophthora megakarya's field dominance in West Africa

Plant Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1095-1108

  Ali, S S ^a   Amoako Attah, I ^a,b   Bailey, R A ^a   Strem, M D ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Akrofi, A Y ^b   Surujdeo Maharaj, S ^c   Kolawole, O O ^d,e   Begoude, B A D ^f   ten Hoopen, G M ^f,g   Goss, E ^e   Phillips Mora, W ^h   Meinhardt, L W ^a   Bailey, B A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b New Tafo   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria ^*  (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^g CIRAD   (France)

^h CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

appressorial; cocoa; Ghana; PCR; phylogeny; virulence

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; RNA; VIRULENCE;

CAMEROON; GHANA; NIGERIA; VOLTA;

PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEGAKARYA; PHYTOPHTHORA PALMIVORA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84975770268     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12496     Document Type: Article

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