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Table 2. Diseases of Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.)
Disease Common Names Causal Agent(s)
Bacteria
Crown gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Stripe Erwinia caratovora
Fungi and stramenopiles
Colletotrichum gleoesporiodes (teleomorph:
Anthracnose
Glomerella cingulata)
Armillaria root rot Armillaria mellea
Phytophthora arecae, P. capsici, P. citrophthora, P. heveae,
Black pod
P. megakarya, P. megasperma, P. nicotianae, P. palmivora
Black (Rosellinia) root rot Rosellinia bunodes, R. paraguayensis, R. pepo
Brown root Phellinus noxius
Phytophthora citrophthora, P. palmivora,
Canker
Ceratocytis fimbriata
Ceratocystis wilt (mal de machete) Ceratocystis cacaofunesta (syn. fimbriata)
Albonectria (syns.: Calonectria and Nectria)
Cushion (green-point) gall rigidiuscula (anamorph: Fusarium decemcellulare)

Collar crack Armillariella mellea, A. tabescens
Collar rot Ustilina deusta
Crinipellis pod rot Moniliophthora (syn. Crinipellis) perniciosa
Albonectria rigidiuscula (anamorph: Fusarium
Cushion (green-point) gall
decemcellulare)
Frosty pod (moniliasis) Moniliophthora (syn. Monilia) rorei
Horse hair blight Crinipellis sarmentosa
Lasiodiplodia pod rot Lasiodiplodia (syn. Botryodiplodia) theobromae
Leaf anthracnose Colletotrichum spp.
Macrophoma pod rot Macrophoma spp.
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 (Sphaerostilbe repens syn)
Wet root rot Ganoderma philippii
White root rot Rigidiporus microporus (syn. R. lignosus)

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