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First Report of Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae and Colletotrichum siamense Causing Cacao Pod Rot, and First Report of C. tropicale Causing Cacao Pod Rot in Puerto Rico

2020-02-01

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Pod rot of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is the most important disease of cacao fruits worldwide. During a disease survey from June to September 2017 at the USDA-ARS cacao germplasm collection in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, cacao pod rot was observed in 14 different varieties with an incidence of 36%. Sometimes small pods were mummified, but mostly pod rot was found in mature pods. Diseased pieces (1 mm²) of 10 cacao pods...

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Literature Corpus work: a6a5103a-b952-5642-a10d-d48ae103591a
DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-19-1333-pdn

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