Bibliography of Other Diseases of Cocoa


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Anderson, R. D. (1989) Avocado an alternate host for Oncobasidium theobromae. Australasian Plant Pathology. 18(4):96-97.

Abraham, K., Peethambaran, C. K. & Jyothy, A. R. (1992) Abnormal symptoms of Phytophthora pod infection of cocoa. Indian Cocoa Arecanut & Spices Journal, 16: 17

Abraham, K., Vikraman Nair, R., Mallika, V. K. & Prasannkumariamma, S. (2000) Status of research on cocoa diseases in Kerala Agricultural University. Proc. National Seminar on Cocoa Development in India: Problems and Prospects, 9-10 June 2000, Trichur, India: pp. 84-92.

Abraham. C. S. (1981) Vascular streak dieback of cocoa in India. Indian Cocoa Arecanut & Spices Journal 4:119-120

Ajaykumar, K. M. (1996) Vascular streak dieback of cocoa and its management, M. Sc. (Ag.) Thesis submitted to Kerala Agricultural University, 64 pp.

Balasubramanian, P. P. (2000) Indian cocoa scenario: Introspection and strategies for 9th plan. Proc. National Seminar on Cocoa Development in India: Problems and Prospects, 9-10 June 2000, Trichur, India: pp. 10-21.

Bhat, K. S. & Leela, M. (1968) Cocoa and arecanut are good companion crops for more cash. Indian Farming 18:19-20.

Blakeman, J. P. & Fokkema N. J. (1982) Potential for biological control of plant diseases in the phylloplane. Annual Review of Phytopathology 20:167-192.

Butler, E. J. (1906) Some diseases of palms. Agric. J. of India. 1:299-310.

Castaneda Ruiz, R. F. (1996) New species of Haplotrichum and Solicorynespora from Cuba. Mycotaxon. 59(0):449-452.

Chandramohanan, R. & Chowdappa, P. (1995) Cocoa diseases and current strategies for their control. Indian Cocoa, Arecanut and Species Journal, 19:123-126.

Chandramohanan, R. & Kaveriappa, K. M. (1983) Symptomology of Colletotrichum disease of cocoa in India. The Planter 59:333-338

Chandramohanan, R. & Kaveriappa, K. M. (1981) Occurrence and distribution of cocoa diseases in South India. Proc. 8th Int. Cocoa Res. Conf. 18-23 October, 1981, Cartegena, Columbia: pp. 445-449.

Chandramohanan, R. & Kaveriappa, K. M. (1983) Occurrence and distribution of Colletotrichum disease of cocoa in South India. The Planter 59:432-439

Chandramohanan, R. & Kaveriappa, K. M. (1983) White thread blight of cacao in India. Indian Phytpatho. 36:394-396.

Chandramohanan, R. & Kaveriappa, K. M. (1984) Efficacy of fungicides to control three virulent isolates of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on cocoa. Proc. PLACRO SYM. VI: 159 pp.

Chandramohanan, R. & Kotireddy, M. K. (1979) Relative efficacy of fungicides in vitro against Botryodiplodia theobromae causing charcoal pod rot of cacao. Pesticides 13:37-38

Chandramohanan, R., Anandaraj, M. & Joshi, Y. (1979) Studies on Phytophthora diseases of cacao occurring in India. Proc. PLACRO SYM. II:335-342

Chandramohanan, R., Kaveriappa, K. M. & Nambiar, K. K. N. (1987) Variation in cultural and morphological characters within cocoa isolates of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Proc. 10th Int. Cocoa. Res. Conf, 17-23 May 1987, Santo Domingo Republic: pp. 491-497.

Chandramohanan, R., Kaveriappa, K. M. & Nambiar, K. K. N. (1989) Epidemiological studies of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides disease of cocoa. Ann. Appl. Biol. 114:xxx.

Chandramohanan, R., Menon, M. A., Yadukumar, N. & Naik, B. G. (1981) Zinc deficiency in cocoa: diagnosis and correction. The Planter 57:120-124

Chandramohanan, R., Subramanian, N. & Balasimha, D. (1984) Cushion galls of cocoa in India. J. Plantn. Crops 12:23-29

Chandramohanan, R. (1978) Cocoa canker caused by Phytophthora palmivora. Plant. Dis. Reptr. 62:1080-1082.

Chandramohanan, R. (1979) Cocoa seedling dieback. Indian Cocoa Arecanut and Spices Journal 3:5-6.

Chandramohanan, R. (1982) Studies on the reaction of pods of different cocoa accessions to Phytophthora palmivora, The Planter 58:99-103.

Chandramohanan, R. (1983) Colletotrichum species on cocoa in South India. Ph.D. Thesis, Bangalore University, Mangalagangothri, 163 pp.

Chandramohanan, R. (1985) Incidence of cocoa pod disease in Dakshina Kannada district (Karnataka), a major cocoa growing area in India. Indian Cocoa, Arecanut and Spices Journal 8:91-92.

Chowdappa, P. & Chandramohanan, R. & Ramanujam, B. (1993) Occurrence of Phytophthora capsici on cocoa in Kerala. Indian Phytopathol. 46:92-93.

Chowdappa, P. & Chandramohanan, R. (1997) Serological differentiation of three species of Phytophthora causing black pod disease of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) In: Abstracts of International conference on "Integrated plant disease management for sustainable Agriculture", 10-15 November 1997: pp. 270.

Chowdappa, P. & Chandramohanan, R. (1993) Pythium vexans de Bary from cocoa. Indian Phytopathol. 46:261.

Chowdappa, P. & Chandramohanan, R. (1993) Morphological variability among isolates of Phytophthora palmivora causing black pod disease of cocoa in India. J. Plantn. Crops 21(supplement):129-133.

Chowdappa, P. & Chandramohanan, R. (1995) Electrophoretic protein patterns of three species of Phytophthora associated with black pod disease of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.). J. Biosci. 20:637-649.

Chowdappa, P. & Chandramohanan, R. (1996) Occurrence of Phytophthora citrophthora on cocoa in India. Trop. Agric. (Trinidad) 73:158-160.

Chowdappa, P. & Chandramohanan, R. (1996) Restriction digestion patterns of DNA of three species of Phytophthora responsible for black pod disease of cocoa (Theobroma cocoa L.). In: Souvenir of National Symposium on 'Horticultural Biotechnology', 28-30 October 1996, Bangalore: pp. 51.

Chowdappa, P. & Chandramohanan, R. (1997) Occurrence and distribution of mating types of Phytophthora species causing black pod disease of cocoa. Indian Phytopathol. 50:87-90.

Chowdappa, P. & Chandramohanan, R. (1997) Pathogenic variability in isolates of Phytophthora species causing black pod disease of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) In: Abstracts of International conference on "Integrated plant disease management for sustainable Agriculture", 10-15 November 1997: pp. 271.

Chowdappa, P. & Rohini, I. (2001) Status of Research on Integrated Management of Cocoa Diseases in India. Proceedings. Incoped 3rd International Seminar 16-17 October, 2000. Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia, pp. 84-104.

Chowdappa, P. (1995) Phytophthora causing black pod disease of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) in South India, Ph. D. Thesis, Bangalore University, Mangalagangothri, 211 pp.

Chowdappa, P. (2000) An assessment of cocoa pathological research at Central Plantation Crops Research Institute and current research priorities. Proc. National Seminar on Cocoa Development in India: Problems and Prospects, 9-10 June 2000, Trichur, India: pp. 93-108.

Chulan, H. A. & K. Martin. (1992) The vesicular-arbuscular va mycorrhiza and its effects on growth of vegetatively propagated Theobroma cacao L. Plant and Soil. 144(2):227-233.

Cooper, R. M., Resende, M. L. V., Flood, J., Rowan, M. G., Beale, M. H., and U. Potter. (1996) Detection and cellular localization of elemental sulphur in disease-resistant genotypes of Theobroma cacao. Nature (London). 379(6561):159-162.

Cooperband, L. R., Boerner, R. E. J., and T. J. Logan. (1994) Humid tropical leguminous tree and pasture grass responsiveness to vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal infection. Mycorrhiza. 4(5):233-239.

Corbett, D. C. M. (1961) Extract from report of the plant pathologist. In Nyasaland protector: Annual Report of Department of Agriculture, 1959/60 part-11 Government printer, Zimba Nyasaland: pp. 157-158

Cuenca, G. & E. Meneses. (1996) Diversity patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with cacao in Venezuela. Plant and Soil. 183(2):315-322.

Cuenca, G., Herrera, R., and E. Meneses. (1991) Effects of va mycorrhiza on the growth of cacao seedlings under nursery conditions in Venezuela. Plant and Soil. 126(1):71-78.

Cuenca, G., Herrera, R., and E. Meneses. (1991) Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae in cacao plantations in Venezuela. Acta Cientifica Venezolana. 42(3):153-159.

Dennis, J. J. C., Holderness, M., and P. J. Keane. (1992) Weather patterns associated with sporulation of Oncobasidium theobromae on cocoa. Mycological Research. 96(1):31-37.

Desrosiers, R. (1960) Fungus diseases of cocoa and their control. In: Hardy 1960. pp. 231-259.

Famurewa, O. & P. O. Olutiola. (1991) Comparison of growth and cellulolytic enzyme production in Aspergillus chevalieri and Penicillium steckii from mouldy cacao beans. Folia Microbiologica. 36(4):347-352.

Feitosa, M. I. & C. P.V. Pimentel. (1991) Rosellinia bunodes Berk. Et Br. Sacc. pathogenic fungus to cacao Theobroma cacao L. in the state of Sao Paulo. Cientifica (Jaboticabal). 19(2):31-35.

Gotsch, N. (1997) Cocoa crop protection: An expert forecast on future progress, research priorities, and policy with the help of the Delphi survey. Crop Protection. 16(3):227-233.

Harman, G. E., Latorre, B., Agosin, E. San Martin, R., Riegel, D. G., Nielsen, P. A., Tronsmo, A. & Pearson, R. C. (1996) Biological Control 7:259-266.

Hernandez, F. A. (1996) Behavior of the root rot Rosellinia pepo Pat. on roots of the cocoa tree. Fitopatologia Colombiana. 20(1-2):7-10.

Holderness, M. (1990) Control of vascular-streak dieback of cocoa with triazole fungicides and the problem of phytotoxicity. Plant Pathology (Oxford). 39(2):286-293.

Inglis, G. D., Goettel, M. S. & Johnson, D. L. (1995) Influence of ultraviolet light protectants on persistence of the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana. Biological Control 5:581-590.

Jeger, M. J. & M. S. Chan. (1995) Theoretical aspects of epidemics: Uses of analytical models to make strategic management decisions. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 17(2):109-114.

Kanapathipillai, V. S. (1994) Preliminary studies of isozyme patterns of isolates of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides from host plants in Malaysia. Pertanika J. Trop. Agric. Sci. 18(2):135-139.

Kassim, A. (1992) The effect of Kocide 101 and Kokotine on cocoa rehabilitation in the eastern region in sierra Leone. Tropical Pest. 38(2):206-209.

Kotireddy, M. & Chandramohanan, R. (1984) Effect of certain fungicides on Phytophthora palmivora of cocoa. Pesticides 18:51-53

Kotireddy, M. & Chandramohanan, R. (1976) Occurrence of pod rot of cocoa caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in India. J. Plantn. Crops 4:14-15

Kramadibrata, K. & J. N. Hedger. (1990) A new species of Acaulospora associated with cocoa in Java and Bali Indonesia. Mycotaxon. 37: 73-78.

Krauss, U. & Bustamante, E. (1999) Isolation of native fungal and bacterial antagonists against plant diseases. In: Research Methodology in Biocontrol of Plant Diseases with Special Reference to Fungal Diseases of Cocoa (Eds. U. Krauss and P. Hebbar), CATIE, Costa Rica: pp 38-43.

Krauss, U., Bidwell, R. & Ince, J. (1998) Isolation and preliminary evaluation of mycoparasites as biocontrol agents against crown rot of banana. Biological Control 13:111-119.

Laker, H. A., Trevisan, O., and J. L. Bezzera. (1993) Fungi associated with pods of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) attacked by the borer Conotrachelus humeropictus Fiedler in Rondonia State, Brazil. Tropical Agriculture. 70(4):332-336.

Lewis, J. A., Lumsden, R. D., and J. C. Locke. (1996) Biocontrol of damping-off diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium ultimum with alginate prills of Gliocladium virens, Trichoderma hamatum, and various food bases. Biocontrol Sci. and Tech. 6(2):163-173.

Lima, J. S. (1994) Copper balances in cocoa agrarian ecosystems: Effects of differential use of cupric fungicides. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 48(1):19-25.

Lo, C.-T., Nelson, E. B. & Harman, G. E. (1997) Improved biocontrol efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum 1295-22 for foliar phases of turf disease by use of spray applications. Plant Disease 81:1132-1138.

Lordello, A. I. L. & R. R. A. Lordello. (1996) Identification of Meloidogyne incognita races in some plants. Summa Phytopathologica. 22(1) 43-45.

Luc, M. & A. Coomans. (1993) Description of Xiphinema abeokutae n. sp. and redescription of X. paulistanum Carvalho 1965, two rare species (Nemata: Longidoridae). Fundamental and Applied Nematology. 16(5):393-399.

Maddison, A. C., Holt, J., and M. J. Jeger. (1996) Spatial dynamics of a monocyclic disease in a perennial crop. Ecological Modeling. 88(1-3) 45-52.

Montealegre, R. J. & D. A. Rodriguez. (1989) The pathogenicity of the fungus Beauveria bassiana Bals. Vuill. For Monalonion dissimulatum distant a pest of Theobroma cacao L. Acta Agronomica (Palmira). 39(1-2):88-96.

Nambiar, K. K. N. & Nair, R. R. (1972) Charcoal pod rot of cocoa. Indian Phytopathol. 25:595-597

Nguyen Ban, J. (1996) Cocoa disease and pest control. Plantations Recherche Developpement. 3(3):191-195.

Pegg, K. C. (1990) Tree injection methodology. Australasian Plant Pathology. 19(4):142-143.

Perez, C. And C. Anesini. (1994) Antibacterial activity of alimentary plants against Staphylococcus aureus growth. American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 22(2) 169-174.

Piper, S., Martinez, A., Hidalgo, E. & Krauss, U. (2000) Effect of Formulation on Population Dynamics of Mycoparasites in the Surface of Cocoa Pods. Proceedings. Incoped 3rd International Seminar 16-17 October 2000. Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia, p. 21-26.

Prem, E. E. (1995) Etiology and control of seedling blight of cocoa. M. Sc. (Ag.) Thesis submitted to Kerala Agricultural University, 90 pp.

Raghu, P. A. & Chandramohanan, R. (1993) Effect of certain fungicides on Phytophthora palmivora (Buti. ) Butl, the causal organism of black pod disease of cocoa. Pestology 17:19-22

Raghu, P. A. (1990) Effect of certain plant extracts and chemicals on Phytophthora palmivora (Buti. ) Butl. causing black pod disease of cocoa. Bangalore University, Mangalagangothri, 124 pp.

Ram, C. (1993) Cultural characteristics sporulation and virulence of Botryodiplodia theobromae strain causal agent of leaf blight of coconut palm Cocos nucifera. Fitopatologia Brasileira. 18(2):143-146.

Ramakrishnan, K. & Thankappan, M. (1965) First report of black pod disease of cocoa in India. South Indian Horticulture 13:33-34

Ramesh Rao, G. K. & Chandramohanan, R. (1993) Symptomology of stem canker of cocoa in India. The Planter 69:153-158

Ramesh Rao, G. K. (1989) Fungi associated with stem canker of cocoa. Bangalore University, Mangalagangothri, 101 pp.

Rao, V. G. & K. I. M. Varghese. (1991) On two fungal rots of cacao. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 7(3):428-430.

Resende, M. L. V., Flood, J., and R. M. Cooper. (1994) Host specialization of Verticillium dahliae, with emphasis on isolates from cocoa (Theobroma cacao). Plant Pathology (Oxford). 43(1):104-111.

Resende, M. L. V., Flood, J., and R. M. Cooper. (1995) Effect of method of inoculation, inoculum density, and seedling age at inoculation on the expression of resistance of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) to Verticillium dahliae Kleb. Plant Pathology (Oxford). 44(2):374-383.

Resende, M. L. V., Flood, J., Ramsden, J. D., Rowan, M. G., Beale, M. H., and R. M. Cooper. (1996) Novel phytoalexins including elemental sulphur in the resistance of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) to verticillium wilt (Verticillium dahliae Kleb.). Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 48(5):347-359.

Resende, M. L. V., Mepsted, R., Flood, J., and R. M. Cooper. (1996) Water relations and ethylene production as related to symptom expression in cocoa seedlings infected with defoliating and non-defoliating isolates of Verticillium dahliae. Plant Pathology (Oxford). 45(5):964-972.

Rudgard, S. A., Pettitt, T. R., and P. Hadley. (1990) Tenacity biological activity and redistribution of copper fungicides on cocoa in controlled environments. Crop Protection. 9(4):281-288.

Sarma, Y. R. & Nambiar, K. K. N. (1976) Leaf spot of cacao. Current Science 45:466

Silva, S. D. V. M., Luz, E. D. M. N., and M. C. T. Braga. (1990) Survival of cacao seedlings infested with Phytophthora spp. Fitopatologia Brasileira. 15(1):61-63.

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Yu, H. & Sutton, J. (1997) Effectiveness of bumblebees and honeybees for delivering inoculum of Gliocladium roseurn to raspberry flowers to control Botrytis cinerea. Biological Control 10:113-122. Blakeman, J. P. & Fokkema N. J. (1982) Potential for biological control of plant diseases in the phylloplane. Annual Review of Phytopathology 20:167-192.

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