EPPO Global Database

Cacao swollen shoot disease(CSSV00)

Distribution details in Cote d'Ivoire

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, widespread
From CABI Disease map 799 (2000): Present, widespread
Comments
New outbreaks (re)appeared in 2003, when the disease seemed to have been eradicated since of the end of the 1950s in Côte d'Ivoire. Widespread on cocoa.
References
* Alibert, H. (1946) Agronomie Tropicale Nogent 1, 34-43.

* Kouakou K, Kébé B, Kouassi N, Aké S, Cilas C, Muller E (2012) Geographical distribution of Cacao swollen shoot virus molecular variability in Côte d'Ivoire. Plant Disease 96(10), 1445-1450.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Ghana Present, widespread view...