Control of cocoa swollen shoot disease by eradicating infected trees in Ghana: A survey of treated and replanted areas

Dzahini-Oblatey, H., Ameyaw, G. A. and Ollennu, L. A. (2006) Control of cocoa swollen shoot disease by eradicating infected trees in Ghana: A survey of treated and replanted areas. Crop Protection, 25 (7). pp. 647-652. ISSN 0261-2194 doi: 10.1016/j.cropo.2005.09.004

Abstract/Summary

Cocoa farms that had been treated and replanted in Ghana during the most recent phase of the cocoa swollen shoot virus (CSSV) eradication campaign were surveyed. Farms that were replanted close to adjoining old cocoa farms or which contained old trees were common in most (38) of the 41 cocoa farms surveyed. CSSV infections were apparent in 20 (53%) out of these 38 farms and they pose a serious risk of causing early infections of the re-planted farms. Control strategies that isolate the newly planted farms by a boundary of immune crops as barriers to reduce CSSV re-infection are discussed. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.