Brazil: New focus of pest that affects cocoa and cupuaçu cultivation is detected in the Amazon

A new focus of the pest Moniliophthora roreri, which causes the disease known as Cocoa Moniliasis, was detected in the municipality of Tabatinga, in the state of Amazonas, in the triple border region between Brazil, Colombia and Peru. This time, the case was detected in rural riverside communities. The suspected occurrence of the pest was verified during monitoring actions carried out by a team of technicians from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa), with the support of the Agricultural and Forestry Defense Agency of the State of Amazonas (Adaf), and confirmed by through laboratory analysis carried out by the Federal Laboratory of Agricultural Defense of Goiânia (LFDA/GO). Moniliasis is a devastating disease that affects plants of the genus Theobroma, such as cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) and cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum), causing production losses and an increase in costs due to the need for additional management measures and application of fungicides for ...