Achieving sustainable cultivation of cocoa Volume 2

Diseases, pests and sustainability
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78676-172-9
Verlag: Burleigh Dodds

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

There is a growing demand for cocoa. However, cultivation is dependent on ageing trees with low yields and increasing vulnerability to disease. There is also growing concern about the environmental impact of cultivation in areas soil health and biodiversity. There is therefore an urgent need to make cocoa cultivation more efficient and sustainable to ensure a successful future.

Volume 2 reviews the diseases and pests which cause significant crop losses as well as sustainability issues. Part 1 summaries the latest research on understanding and combatting the major fungal and viral diseases affecting cocoa as well as reviewing trends in integrated pest and weed management. Part 2 looks at ways of improving sustainability, including the role of agro-forestry, organic cultivation and sustainability certification.

With its distinguished editor and international range of expert authors, this volume will be a standard reference for cocoa scientists, growers and processors. It is accompanied by a companion volume which reviews breeding, cultivation and quality.

Zielgruppe

Academic researchers of cocoa; cocoa growers and processors; government and non-governmental agencies supporting or monitoring the sustainability of cocoa cultivation

Autoren/Hrsg.

Umaharan, Pathmanathan

Weitere Mitwirkende

DeSouza, Jorge

Wetten, Andy

Krauss, Ulrike

Guest, David

Beilhe, Leila

Orisajo, Samuel

Crozier, Jayne

Cilas, Christian

Bunn, Christian

Somarriba, Eduardo

Berlan, Amanda

Ingram, Verina

Macek, Paul

Adedeji, Abiodun

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ökologische Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Diseases, pests and weeds
1.Cocoa diseases: witches broom: Jorge DeSouza, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brazil;
2.Cocoa diseases: frosty pod rot: Ulrike Krauss, Palm Integrated Services and Solutions (PISS), Costa Rica;
3.Cocoa diseases: vascular streak dieback: David Guest, University of Sydney, Australia;
4.Insect pests affecting cocoa: Leila Beilhe, CIRAD, France;
5.Nematode pests of cocoa: Samuel Orisajo, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Nigeria;
6.Integrated pest management/biological pest control strategies in cocoa cultivation: Jayne Crozier, CABI, UK;
7.Advances in pest and disease-resistant cocoa varieties: Christian Cilas, CIRAD, France;

Part 2 Sustainability
8.Climate change and cocoa cultivation: Christian Bunn, CIAT, Germany;
9.Integrating cocoa cultivation into sustainable agro-forestry: Eduardo Somarriba, CATIE, Costa Rica;
10.Organic cocoa cultivation: Amanda Berlan, Coventry University, UK;
11.Sustainability certification of cocoa: Verina Ingram, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
12.Supporting small holders in achieving more sustainable cocoa cultivation: Paul Macek, World Cocoa Foundation, Africa;

Über Autor(innen)

Umaharan, Pathmanathan
Professor Pathmanathan Umaharan is Director of the Cocoa Research Centre and Professor of Genetics at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Professor Umaharan has published extensively in the areas of plant genetic resources, genetic analysis and cocoa crop improvement.