Conference Documents, Presentations and Proceedings

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2010 Presentation

• Moniliasis del Cacao by Miguel Ángel Ramírez-Guillermo (in Spanish) [PDF:1.61MB]

2008 Conferences and Events

• CCA US-Africa Agribusiness Forum, Chicago, June 2008
  • Bill Guyton, World Cocoa Foundation: "Improving Supply Chain Workshop: Public-Private Alliance - Rural Transformation in West African Cocoa Communities" [PDF: 1.4 MB]
• WCF Partnership Meeting May 2008
• 20th Forestry and Agriculture Science and Technology Meeting, Tabasco, Mexico, April 22-23, 2008 (all presentations in Spanish)
  • Aminopeptidase activity and amplification of cDNA genes during the process of fermentation and germinatioin in cacao seed [PDF: 31 KB]
  • Evaluation of organic biofertilizers in Tabasco [PDF: 59 KB]
  • Indicators for evaluation of sustainability of cacao in Tabasco [PDF: 70 KB]
  • Adoption of innovations in cacao cultivation [PDF: 32 KB]
  • Commericialization of criollo cacao in Tabasco [PDF: 65 KB]
  • Biology of the storage moth of cacao, Cadra canletta [PDF: 157 KB]
  • Microbiological quality of cacao and chocolates produced in Tabasco [PDF: 131 KB]
  • Study of the well-being of organic cacao produced in Tabasco [PDF: 40 KB]
  • Species of Lepidoptera (insects) trapped during the fruiting stage of cacao in Tabasco [PDF: 354 KB]

2007 Conferences and Events

• Africa Society Status of Education in Africa Forum: " Evaluating the Progress of Education in Africa: Different Perspectives": Novmeber 2007
  • Report [PDF: 28 KB]
• WCF Partnership Meeting October 2007
• European Cocoa Association Concoction Symposium: September 2007
  • Bill Guyton, World Cocoa Foundation [PDF: 2 MB]
• Indonesia International Cocoa Conference: June 2007
  • Bill Guyton, World Cocoa Foundation - "World Cocoa Sustainability Partnership" [PDF: 1.7 MB]
  • Isaac Osei, Ghana Cocoa Board - "Sustainable Practices in the Global Cocoa Economy - A Producer's Perspective" [PDF: 439 KB]
  • Bayu Krisnamurthi, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, "Indonesia Cacao: 'Awaken the Giant Within' [PDF: 67 KB]
  • Points of Concluding Remarks of the4th Indonesian International Conference and the Indonesian International Cocoa Dinner 2007 [PDF: 125 KB]
• WCF Partnership Meeting May 2007
• PMCA 61st Annual Technical Production Conference: April 2007
  • B.K. Matlick's Presentation [PPT: 7.2 MB]
  • Alfredo Dueñas Dávalo Presentation[PDF: 2 MB]
• Maret School Visit to WCF Offices: January 2007
  • Bill Guyton's Presentation [PPT: 33 MB] [PDF: 3.6 MB] posted Feb. 6 2007
• Cocoa Educational Workshop at the Embassy of Ghana: January 2007
  • Let's Go Africa Presentation on Cocoa [PPT: 10.6 MB] [PDF: 1.8]
  • Bill Guyton's Presentation on WCF [PPT: 28.7 MB] [PDF: 1.5 MB]

2006 Conferences and Events

• Joint Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, the Mycological Society of America, and the Canadian Phytopathological Society "Symposium on Cacao Diseases: Important Threats to Chocolate Production Worldwide" August 2006
  • Cacao Diseases: Important threats to chocolate production worldwide. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1634-1639, by R.C. Ploetz. [PDF: 185 KB] posted January 2 2008
  • Cacao Diseases - The trilogy revisited. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1640-1643, by H.C. Evans. [PDF: 92 KB] posted January 2 2008
  • Frosty pod, a disease of limited geographic distribution but unlimited potential for damage. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1644-1647 by W. Phillips-Mora and M.J. Wilkinson [PDF: 116 KB] posted January 2 2008
  • Ceratocystis wilt of cacao -- A disease of increasing importance. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1648-1649. by C.J. Engelbrecht, T.C. Harrington, and A. Alfenas. [PDF: 68 KB] posted January 2 2008
  • Black pod: Diverse pathogens with a global impact on cocoa yield. Pythopathology, vol. 97, p. 1650-1653 by D. Guest. [PDF: 143 KB] posted January 2 2008
  • 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. 1664-1657 by D. Guest and P. Keane [PDF: 149 KB] posted January 2 2008
  • Cacao diseases: A global perspective from an industry point of view. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1658-1663 by P.K. Hebbar. [PDF: 159 KB] posted January 2 2008
  • Cacao diseases: A global perspective from an industry point of view. Phytopathology, vol. 97, p. 1658-1663 by P.K. Hebbar. [PDF: 159 KB] posted January 2 2008
• ACCESO: 2nd Andean Regional Workshop September 2006
  • ACCESO: Programa oportunidad de apoyo a exportaciones de cacao en paises andinos [2.2 MB] posted Oct. 31 2006
  • ACDI/VOCA: Presentación de ACDI/VOCA y el Proyecto Success Alliance [1.2 MB] posted Oct. 31 2006
  • Casa Luker: Granja Luker al servicio de la cacaocultura colombiana: actividades de generación y transferencia technologica [43 MB] posted Oct. 31 2006
  • Compañia Nacional de Chocolates: Caracteristicas de compatibilidad sexual de algunas clones de cacao y su aplicación en siembras comerciales [36.5 MB] posted Oct. 31 2006
  • Conservación y Desarollo (C&D): Las Escuelas de campo para agricultures de cacao y su vinicultacion con el mercado internacional [4.5 MB] posted Oct. 31 2006
  • Corpoica: Evolución conceptual de la extension agropecuaria y las escuelas de campo de agricultures [163 KB] posted Oct. 31 2006
  • Fedecacao: La participación del Gremo productor colombiano de cacao en la implementación de las ecas [36.5 MB] posted Oct. 31 2006
• WCF Partnership Meeting October 2006
• COPAL: 15th International Cocoa Research Conference October 2006
  • Martin Gilmour, Mars Incorporated: Concluding Remarks [ PPT:589 KB] posted Oct. 31 2006 [PDF:565 KB ] posted Dec. 4 2006
  • Wilbert Phillips-Mora, Carlos Ortiz, and Catherine Aime: Fifty Years of Frosty Pod Rot in Central America: Chronology of its Spread and Impact from Panama to Mexico. Presentation [3 MB] Paper [91 KB] posted Oct. 31 2006
• INCOPED: 5th International Seminar October 2006
  • Introduction to the International Permanent Working Group for Cocoa Pests and Diseases [36 KB] posted Oct. 31 2006
  • INCOPED Program and Abstracts [213 KB] posted Oct. 31 2006
  • Proceedings of the INCOPED 5th International Seminar on Cocoa Pests and Diseases edited by A. Y. Akrofi and F. Baah [PDF: 1.6 MB] posted April 1 2008
• World Food Law Symposium October 2006
  • Gregory S. Jenkins, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University: Climate Change in Africa [4 MB] posted Oct. 31 2006
• Gregory S. Jenkins, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University: Climate Change in Africa During the 21st Century and its Links to Development [58 KB] posted Oct. 31 2006
• 19th Forestry and Agriculture Science and Technology Meeting, Tabasco, Mexico, November 16-17, 2006 (all presentations in Spanish)
  • Evaluation of amounts of fertilizer of organic manure medium in cacao culture agroecosystem in Tabasco, Mexico [PDF:198 KB]
  • Isolation and molecular identification of Moniliophthora roreri cause of moniliasis of cacao [PDF: 70 KB]
  • Comparative study of the earth worms in cacao planting in Chontalpa, Tabasco [PDF: 96 KB]
  • Effect of kinetin on induction of callose in cacao petal bases [PDF: 93 KB]
  • Evaluation of the profitability of the cacao-black pepper production system [PDF: 77 KB]
  • Impact of moniliasis in Cupilco, Comalcalco, Tabasco: perception of the producers [PDF: 48 KB]
  • Primary somatic embryogenesis in three promising cacao hybrids [PDF: 137 KB]
  • Innovative technology in the production of organic cacao and its derivatives in the state of Tabasco [PDF: 4 MB]
  • Management of white fillies with vegetable extracts in organic cacao [PDF: 1 MB]

2005 Conferences and Events

• The Biological Control Commitee of the American Phytopathological Society sponsored a symposium on endophytes for biological control of plant diseases. That symposium was held July-August, 2005 in Austin, Texas. The papers below pertain to control of cacao diseases and are online versions of these papers that can be cited with the online code: DOI10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.03.009
  • Backman, P. A.; Sikora R.A. Endophytes: An emerging tool for Biologicial Control. Biological Control Introduction and commentary to a special issue of Biolgoical Control. [PDF: 208KB] posted April 25 2008
  • Bailey, B.A.; Bae, H; Strem, M.D.; Crozier, J.; Thomas, S.E.; Samuels, G.J.; Binyard, B.T.; Holmes, K.A. Antibiosis mycoparasitism, and colonization success for Trichoderma isolates with biological control potential in Theobroma cacao. [PDF: 339 KB] posted April 25 2008
  • Melnick, R.L.; Zidack, N.K.; Bailey, B.A.; Maximova, S.N.; Guiltinan, M.; Backman, P.A. Bacterial endophytes: Bacillus spp. form annual crops as potential biological control agents of black pod rot of cacao. [PDF: 2008] posted April 25 2008
  • de Souza, J.T.; Bailey, B.A.; Pomella, A.W.V.; Erbe, E.F.; Murphy, C.A; Bae, H.; Hebbar, P.K. Colonization of cacao seedlings by Trichoderma stromaticum, a mycoparasite of the witches' broom pathogen, and its influence on plant growth and resistance. posted April 25 2008
  • Mejia, L.C.; Rojas, E.J.; Maynard, Z; Van Bael, S.; Arnold, A.E.; Hebbar, P.; Samuels, G.J.; Robbins, N.; Herre, E.A. Endophytes fungi a biocontrol agents of Theobroma cacao pathogens posted April 25 2008