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PRO/PL> Swollen shoot, cocoa – West Africa: new virus
Other Plant Disease -- Worldwide/Unknown_Cacao swollen shoot virus_ (CSSV), _Cacao swollen shoot CD virus_ (CSSCDV), and _Cacao swollen shoot Togo A virus_ (CSSTAV) cause cacao swollen shoot disease (CSSD) in West Africa. During 2000-2003, leaf and shoot-swelling symptoms and rapid tree death were observed in cacao in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. Molecular tests showed positive infection in only 50 to 60 per cent of symptomatic trees, suggesting the possible emergence of an unknown badnavirus.The DNA Read more [...]
