EPPO Global Database

Moniliophthora perniciosa(CRNPPE)

Distribution details in Brazil

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 037 (2002): Present, no details
Comments
Amazon basin, Bahia and Minas Gerais.
References
* Anon. (1979) Boletim Tecnico, Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau No. 67, 19 pp.

* Artero AS, Silva JQ, Albuquerque PSB, Bressan EA, Leal Jr GA, Sebbenn AM, Griffith GW, Figueira A (2017) Spatial genetic structure and dispersal of the cacao pathogen Moniliophthora perniciosa in the Brazilian Amazon. Plant Pathology 66, 912-923.

* Bastos, C. N.; Albuquerque, P. S. B. (2000) Fitopatologia Brasileira 25 (3), 556-558.

* Guerrero Maradiaga, J. B.; Rocha Neto, O. G. da; Viegas, I. de J. M. (1998) Boletim da Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias do Para, Brazil No. 29, 89-107.

* Kuhn, D. N.; Brown, J. S.; Heath, M.; Schnell, R. J. (2001) Proceedings of the international workshop on new technologies and cocoa breeding, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 16-17 October 2000, 135-138. INGENIC, London, UK.

* Lisboa DO, Evans HC, Araújo JP, Elias SG, Barreto RW (2020) Moniliophthora perniciosa, the mushroom causing witches’ broom disease of cacao: insights into its taxonomy, ecology and host range in Brazil. Fungal Biology 124(12), 983-1003.

* Patrocinio NGRB, Ceresini PC, Gomes LIS, Resende MLV, Mizubuti ESG, Gramacho KP (2017) Population structure and migration of the witches' broom pathogen Moniliophthora perniciosa from cacao and cultivated and wild solanaceous hosts in southeastern Brazil. Plant Pathology 66, 900-911.
-------- Bahia, Minas Gerais. Emerging on solanaceous hosts.

* Sousa Filho HR, de Jesus RM, Bezerra MA, Santana GM, de Santana RO (2021) History, dissemination, and field control strategies of cocoa witches’ broom. Plant Pathology 70(9), 1971-1978.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bolivia Present, no details view...
Colombia Present, no details view...
Guyana Present, restricted distribution view...
Peru Present, no details view...
Suriname Present, restricted distribution view...
Venezuela Present, no details view...