Studies of the reinfection of replanted cacao (Theobroma cacao) by cacao swollen shoot virus in Ghana
1988
Ollennu, L.A. | Owusu, G.K. (Cocoa Research Inst., Tafo (Ghana))
Investigation of the circumstances leading to re-infection of replanted cacao by cacao swollen virus (CSSV), a major cacao rehabilitation problem in the Eastern and Ashanti Regions (Ghana) is reported. The planting material includes virus-resistant inter-Amazon and Amelonado hybrids. The greatest number of infections occurred during the 4th and 5th year of planting after the plants have made canopy contact. Over 50% of infected trees occurred in the outer periphery of the plot. This suggests that infected old adjoining cacao trees close to the new plantings provide the ma1007in source of virus inoc
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