Pathogenicity and host specificity of Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / Siti Aisyah Sahalan

Cocoa, Theobroma cacao L. is one of the most important industrial crops cultivated in Malaysia. Cocoa has been infected by many fungal diseases; one of them is black pod. Black pod disease had become one of the major diseases in cocoa in Malaysia. It caused by fungal pathogen known as Phytophthora p...

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Main Author: Sahalan, Siti Aisyah
Format: Student Project
Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22869/
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spelling uitm-228692019-05-15T01:20:28Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22869/ Pathogenicity and host specificity of Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / Siti Aisyah Sahalan Sahalan, Siti Aisyah Cacao. Cocoa Pests and diseases Cocoa, Theobroma cacao L. is one of the most important industrial crops cultivated in Malaysia. Cocoa has been infected by many fungal diseases; one of them is black pod. Black pod disease had become one of the major diseases in cocoa in Malaysia. It caused by fungal pathogen known as Phytophthora palmivora. The infection on cocoa pods causes brown to black spot on the pod and the spots could spreads rapidly across the outer surface, covering the entire pod with black lesions in just few days. The aims of this study are to determine the disease severity level and host range of P. palmivora associatedwith cocoa black pod. The samples were collected from two locations which are from Kg Chabau, Melaka and Malaysia Cocoa Board, Hilir Perak. The isolate were identified using morphological characteristic. For pathogenicity test, the inoculation study was conducted on cocoa, banana and papaya. Based on pathogenicity test, P. palmivora is highly virulence on cocoa but avirulence on banana and papaya. This study revealed that P. palmivora is host specific pathogen of cocoa. Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018 Student Project NonPeerReviewed Sahalan, Siti Aisyah (2018) Pathogenicity and host specificity of Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / Siti Aisyah Sahalan. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic Cacao. Cocoa
Pests and diseases
spellingShingle Cacao. Cocoa
Pests and diseases
Sahalan, Siti Aisyah
Pathogenicity and host specificity of Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / Siti Aisyah Sahalan
description Cocoa, Theobroma cacao L. is one of the most important industrial crops cultivated in Malaysia. Cocoa has been infected by many fungal diseases; one of them is black pod. Black pod disease had become one of the major diseases in cocoa in Malaysia. It caused by fungal pathogen known as Phytophthora palmivora. The infection on cocoa pods causes brown to black spot on the pod and the spots could spreads rapidly across the outer surface, covering the entire pod with black lesions in just few days. The aims of this study are to determine the disease severity level and host range of P. palmivora associatedwith cocoa black pod. The samples were collected from two locations which are from Kg Chabau, Melaka and Malaysia Cocoa Board, Hilir Perak. The isolate were identified using morphological characteristic. For pathogenicity test, the inoculation study was conducted on cocoa, banana and papaya. Based on pathogenicity test, P. palmivora is highly virulence on cocoa but avirulence on banana and papaya. This study revealed that P. palmivora is host specific pathogen of cocoa.
format Student Project
author Sahalan, Siti Aisyah
author_facet Sahalan, Siti Aisyah
author_sort Sahalan, Siti Aisyah
title Pathogenicity and host specificity of Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / Siti Aisyah Sahalan
title_short Pathogenicity and host specificity of Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / Siti Aisyah Sahalan
title_full Pathogenicity and host specificity of Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / Siti Aisyah Sahalan
title_fullStr Pathogenicity and host specificity of Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / Siti Aisyah Sahalan
title_full_unstemmed Pathogenicity and host specificity of Phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / Siti Aisyah Sahalan
title_sort pathogenicity and host specificity of phytophthora palmivora, the causal agent of black pod disease of cocoa / siti aisyah sahalan
publisher Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22869/
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