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SUBMITTER: Rubini MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1140355 | biostudies-literature | 2005
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rubini Marciano R MR Silva-Ribeiro Rute T RT Pomella Alan W V AW Maki Cristina S CS Araújo Welington L WL Dos Santos Deise R DR Azevedo João L JL
International journal of biological sciences 20050201 1
The basidiomycete fungus Crinipellis perniciosa (Stahel) Singer is the causal agent of Witches' Broom Disease of Cacao (Theobromacacao L.) which is the main factor limiting cacao production in the Americas. Pod losses of up to 90% are experienced in affected areas as evidenced by the 50% drop in production in Bahia province, Brazil following the arrival of the C. perniciosa in the area in 1989. The disease has proven particularly difficult to control and many farmers in affected areas have given ...[more]