Lasiodiplodia theobromae causes vascular streak dieback (VSD)–like symptoms of cacao in Davao Region, Philippines

• Main Authors: Alvindia, Dionisio G., Gallema, Frances Luisa M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Dothideomycetes; Cacao—Diseases and pests; Pathogenic fungi; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/4010
• Institution: De La Salle University

Samples of Theobroma cacao seedlings and mature trees with vascular streak dieback (VSD)–like symptoms were observed in Davao, Philippines in 2014. The symptoms were chlorosis and later necrosis of leaves, mostly those second or third from the stem tips. Abscission of these leaves occurred within 2...