List of cacao diseases
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This article is a list of diseases of cacao (Theobroma cacao).
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[edit] Bacterial diseases
| Bacterial diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens (artificial inoculations) |
| Stripe | Erwinia caratovora |
[edit] Fungal diseases
| Fungal diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Anthracnose | Glomerella cingulata |
| Armillaria root rot | Armillaria mellea |
| Black pod | Phytopthora capsici P. citrophthora |
| Black root | Rosellinia bunodes R. pepo |
| Brown root | Phellinus noxius |
| Canker | Phytopthora citrophthora P. palmivora |
| Ceratocystis wilt | Ceratocystis fimbriata C. moniliformis |
| Collar crack | Armillariella mellea A. tabescens |
| Collar rot | Ustilina deusta |
| Cushion gall (green-point gall) | Nectria rigidiuscula syn Fusarium decemcellulare |
| Dieback | Physiological, stress induced, more than 80 fungal species associated with this syndrome |
| Frosty pod | Moniliophthora roreri' |
| Horse hair blight | Crinipellis sarmentosa |
| Lasiodiplodia pod rot | Lasiodiplodia theobromae syn Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Leaf anthracnose | Colletotrichum spp. |
| Macrophoma pod rot | Macrophoma spp. |
| Moniliophthora pod rot | Moniliophthora roreri |
| Phytophthora pod rot | Phytophthora capsici P. citrophthora |
| Pink disease | Erythricium salmonicolor |
| Sudden death | Verticillium dahliae Mycoleptodiscus terrestris |
| Thread blight | Ceratobasidium koleroga |
| Trachysphaera pot rot (mealy pod) | Trachysphaera fructigena |
| Vascular streak dieback | Oncobasidium theobromae |
| Violet root rot | Nectria mauritiicola syn Sphaerostilbe repens |
| Wet root rot | Ganoderma philippii |
| White root rot | Rigidiporus microporus syn R. lignosus |
| White thread | Maramiellus scandems |
| Witches’ broom | Moniliophthora perniciosa |
[edit] Miscellaneous diseases
| Miscellaneous diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Algal disease | Cephaleuros virescens |
| Cherelle wilt | Physiological, no specific pathogen involved |
[edit] Nematodes, parastic
| Nematodes, parastic |
|
|---|---|
| Awl nematode | Dolichodorus spp. |
| Cyst nematode | Heterodera spp. |
| Dagger nematode | Xiphinema spp. |
| Lesion nematode | Pratylenchus spp. |
| Reniform nematode | Rotylenchulus spp. |
| Ring nematode | Hoplolaimus spp. |
| Root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne spp. |
| Spiral nematode | Helicotylencus spp. |
| Stubby root nematode | Trichodorus spp. |
[edit] Parasitic plants
| Parasitic plants |
|
|---|---|
| Mistletoe | Denrophthora spp. Loranthus spp. |
[edit] Viral and viroid diseases
| Viral and viroid diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Cacao swollen shoot | Cacao swollen-shoot badnovirus (CSSV) |
| Cacao yellow mosaic | Cacao yellow mosaic tymovirus (CYMV) |
| Cacao necrosis | Cacao necrosis nepovirus (CNV) |
