World Cocoa Foundation Research Update: December 2007
RECENT CACAO PUBLICATIONS:
Cacao Diseases Symposium: Important Threats to Chocolate Production Worldwide (SEE ABOVE). Note: the PDFs of these articles in the WCF virtual library contain links to related papers.
**Ploetz, R.C. Cacao Diseases: Important threats to chocolate production worldwide. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1634-1639. (Diseases&PestsBiology185KB and also in WCF Conference Documents).
**Evans, H. C. Cacao Diseases – The trilogy revisited. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1640-1643. (Diseases&PestsBiology92KB)
**Phillips-Mora, W.; Wilkinson, M.J. 2006. Frosty pod, a disease of limited geographic distribution but unlimited potential for damage. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1644-1647. (Diseases&PestsBiology116KB)
**Engelbrecht, C.J.; Harrington, T.C.; Alfenas, A. Ceratocystis wilt of cacao – A disease of increasing importance. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1648-1649. (Diseases&PestsBiology68KB)
**Guest, D. Black pod: Diverse pathogens with a global impact on cocoa yield. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1650-1653. (Diseases&PestsBiology143KB)
**Guest, D.; Keane, P. Vascular-streak dieback: A new encounter disease of cacao in Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asia caused by the obligate Basidiomycete Oncobasidium theobromae. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1654-1657. (Diseases&PestsBiology149KB)
**Hebbar, P. K. Cacao diseases: A global perspective from an industry point of view. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1658-1663. (Diseases&PestsIntegratedPestManagement159KB)
**Schnell, R.J.; Kuhn, D.N.; Brown, J.S.; Olano, C.T.; Phillips-Mora, W.; Amores, F.M.; Motamayor J.C. 2007. Development of a Marker Assisted Selection Program for Cacao. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1664-1669. (Diseases&PestsResistanceBreeding188KB)
**Ruf, F.; Schroth, G. Chocolate Forests and Monocultures: a historical review of cocoa growing and its conflicting role in tropical deforestation and forest conservation. Chapter 6, p. 107-132. (Environment&SustainabilityAgroforestry4.59MB). (SEE ABOVE).
**Arlorio, M.; Locatelli, M.; Travaglia, F.; Coisson, J-D.; Del Grosso, E.; Minassi, A.; Appendino, G.; Martelli, A. Roasting impact on the contents of clovamide (N-caffeoyl-L-DOPA) and the antioxidant activity of cocoa beans (Theobroma cacao L.). Food Chemistry, vol. 106, p.967-975, 2007. (Post Harvest Roasting189KB)
**Dongo, L.N.; Orisajo, S. B. Status of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease in Nigeria. African Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 6, p. 2054-2061, 2007. (Diseases&PestsBiology388KB)
**Rezzi, S.; Nicholson, J.K.; Kochhar, S. Human Metabolic Phenotypes Link Directly to Specific Dietary Preferences in Healthy Individuals. Journal of Proteome Research, vol. 6, p. 4465-4477, 2007. (HumanNutrition390KB)
**Andebrhan, T.; Figueira, A.; Yamada, M.M.; Cascardo, J.; Furtek, D.B. Molecular fingerprinting suggests two primary outbreaks of witches’ broom disease (Crinipellis perniciosa) of Theobroma cacao in Bahia, Brazil. European J. Plant Pathology, vol. 105, p. 167-177, 1999. (Diseases&PestsBiology458)
**Lima, J.O.; dos Santos, J.K.; Pereira, J.F.; de Resende, M.L.V.; Araujo, E.F.; de Queiroz, M.V. Development of a transformation system for Crinipellis perniciosa, the causal agent of witches’ broom in cocoa plants. Current Genetics, vol. 42, p. 236-240, 2003. (Diseases&PestsBiology257KB)
**Inglis, P.W.; Queiroz, P.R.; Valadares-Inglis, M.C. Transformation with green fluorescent protein of Trichoderma harzianum 1051, a strain with biocontrol activity against Crinipellis perniciosa, the agent of witches’ broom disease of cocoa. Jounal of General and Applied Microbiology, vol. 45, p. 63-67, 1999. (Diseases&PestsBiocontrol302KB)
**De Marco, J. L.; Valadares-Inglis, M.C.; Felix, C.R. Purification and characterization of an N-acetylglucosaminidase produced by a Trichoderma harzianum strain which controls Crinipellis perniciosa. Applied Microbiology Biotechnology, vol. 64, p. 70-75, 2004. (Diseases&PestsBiolcontrol170KB)
**Norgrove, L. Effects of different copper fungicide application rates upon earthworm activity and impacts on cocoa yield over four years. European Journal Soil Biology, vol. 43, p. S305-S310, 2007. (Diseases&PestsIPM372KB)
**Phillips-Mora, W., Aime, M.C; Wilkinson, M.J. Biodiversity and biogeography of the cacao (Theobroma cacao) pathogen Moniliophthora roreri in Tropical America. Plant Pathology, vol. 56, p. 911-922, 2007. (Diseases&PestsBiology257KB)
**Englebrecht, C.J.B.; Harrington, T.C.; Alfenas, A.C.; Suarez, C. Genetic variation in populations of the cacao wilt pathogen, Ceratocystis cacaofunesta. Plant Pathology, vol. 56, p. 923-933, 2007. (Diseases&PestsBiology260KB)
**Hartemink, A.E. Nutrient Stocks, Nutrient Cycling, and Soil Changes in Cocoa Exosystems: A Review. Advances in Agronomy, vol. 86, p. 227-253, 2005. (Genomics&PhysiologyAgronomicsNutrients333KB)
Flammer, A.J.; Hermann, F.; Sudano, I.; Spieker, L.; Hermann, M.; Cooper, K.A.; Serafini, M.; Luscher, T.F.; Ruschitzka, F.; Noll, G.; Corti, R. Dark chocolate improves coronary vasomotion and reduces platelet reactivity. Circulation, vol. 116, p. 2376-2382, 2007. Cardiovascular Center, Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistr 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.|
**Complete article is available on line at the WCF web site, www.worldcocoafoundation.org: go to:Cocoa Information Center> Research Documents> Cacao Research: 1. Genomics and Physiology, 2. Diseases and Pests, 3. Environment and Sustainability, 4. Post Harvest, 5. Socio-Economic, and 6. Human Nutrition.
These articles are made accessible to the cacao research community for research purposes only.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR – 2008, RDL –December 28, 2007.
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