ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 2005
Available online at http://internationalscholarsjournals.org/journal/ajmr
© 2005 International Scholars Journals
Review
Crop protection strategies for major diseases of cocoa, coffee and cashew in Nigeria
T. O. Adejumo
Dept. of Microbiology, Adekunle Ajasin University, P.M.B. 01, Akungba-Akoko,Ondo State, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected].
Accepted 19 December, 2004
Abstract
A great percentage of people in the developing countries are engaged in agriculture, but the yields of their produce are low due to diseases that plague their crops. In Nigeria, crop protection measures that are cheap, simple, cost-effective and sustainable are desirable to combat Phytophthora pod rot (black pod) and cocoa swollen shoot virus diseases of cocoa, coffee leaf rust and coffee berry diseases, inflorescence blight disease of cashew in order to make farming profitable and sustainable. Disease control strategies include the use of resistant cultivars, chemicals, biological, botanicals, cultural, physical controls and application of biotechnology, each of which is discussed in this paper.
Key words: Crop protection, cocoa, coffee, cashew, diseases.