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概要

Management strategy of Cacao Frosty Pod Rot caused by Moniliophthora roreri (Cif. and Par.) Evans et al in Colombia

Gabriel Cubillos

Frosty Pod Rot has been considered the disease with the greatest impact on the yields and quality of the raw material of the cacao crop in Central and South America. Currently Brazil is considered free of it. Recently was reported in Jamaica, island of the Antilles. In Colombia, its damages have been known for two centuries and losses reach levels of 38-84% without control measures. The Cultural Control is a simple, effective, low-cost, environmentally friendly and sustainable disease management strategy. Reduces infection levels below 1%. It is based on the knowledge of the symptoms, epidemiology, disease cycle, and the rigorous application of the periods and time of removal of diseased fruits, disposition of diseased fruits and pruning of the crop.