Journal article

Publication year: 1997

Pages: 227-233

Journal: Crop Protection

Volume number: 16

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0261-2194

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-2194(96)00099-3

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
Disease and pest attack on cocoa(Theobroma cacao) causes significant yield losses which are difficult and costly to control. A discussion of the prospects of techniques and strategies in cocoa crop protection for the next 25 years is based on a detailed survey. Combining various traditional techniques (for instance, traditional resistance breeding) with modern tools (for instance, methods of molecular biology) improves prospects for a future reduction of yield losses. A complementary application of various research tools may achieve a significant reduction of yield losses caused by Phytophthora pod rot, vascular streak dieback, witches' broom, and the cocoa pod borer. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Harvard Citation style: 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), pp. 227-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-2194(96)00099-3

APA Citation style: 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-2194(96)00099-3