Plants face several challenges by bacterial, fungal, oomycete, and viral pathogens during
their life cycle. In order to defend against these biotic stresses, plants possess a dynamic …

Aim To isolate and characterize rhizobacteria from Theobroma cacao with antagonistic
activity against Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of the black pod rot, which is one …

Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo valorar las perspectivas de empleo de antagonistas
microbianos en el manejo integrado de la pudrición negra del fruto del cacao (Theobroma …

Cacao is the most economically important species in the genus Theobroma (Acebo-
Guerrero 2012). It is an upright evergreen tree that can grow to 15 m but is usually kept …

Background Theobroma cacao L.(cacao) is a perennial tropical tree, endemic to rainforests
of the Amazon Basin. Large populations of bacteria live on leaf surfaces and these …

Disease associated with Phytophthora is a great menace to cocoa. Chemical control
measures are however proven to be ineffective. Hence, the most feasible and effective …

Black pod caused by Phytophthora species is a devastating disease of cacao (Theobroma
cacao L.) in production regions worldwide. Breeding for cacao genotypes resistant to black …

Black pod disease is an important fungal infection in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) which
causes high production losses. In Cameroon, these losses reached 80% of cocoa …

Current experiment was conducted on existing cotton varieties against Cotton Leaf Curl
Virus (CLCuV) and whitefly infection. The objective of this study was to determine the …

The leaf surface combines biochemical substances and pre-existing morphological
structures, as well as the presence of microorganisms. This dynamic environment constitutes …