Climate change and the risk of spread of the fungus from the high mortality of Theobroma cocoa in Latin America

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L. 1753) is a plant of great cultural, economic and ecological importance globally. By its structure and function maintains a wide variety of animal species. In Latin America, their crops are being affected by the disease called ‘frosty pod rot of cocoa’ caused by the fungus M...

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Main Authors: Sania Ortega Andrade, Grace Tatiana Páez, Teresa Patricia Feria, Jesús Muñoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Neotropical Biodiversity
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2016.1266072