Disease Management : Recommendations

Abstract

This book deals with the conception, planning, implementation, results and conclusions of the International Witches' Broom Project (IWPB), which was set up in 1985 with the aim of producing an economic management system for witches' broom disease of cocoa, caused by Crinipellis perniciosa. The contributions of the various sponsors and the roles played by the participating organizations and scientists are described in the introductory chapter. Chapter 2 provides a review of literature published before 1990. The scope of the project and the approaches used are covered in Chapter 3, while Chapters 4-13 report on the field studies (carried out in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Grenada, Trinidad and Venezuela). The recent appearance of witches' broom in the important cocoa area of Bahia in Brazil is described in Chapter 14, followed by 2 chapters on disease management and future prospects. Four appendixes (IWPB committees, IWPB workshops, theses published and experimental protocols) and an index are included.