Pests
See also: List of cacao diseasesVarious plant pests and diseases can cause serious problems for cacao production.
- Insects
- Cocoa mirids or capsids (worldwide, but especially in West Africa)
- Conopomorpha cramerella (cocoa pod borer - in Southeast Asia)
- Fungi
- Moniliophthora roreri (frosty pod rot)
- Moniliophthora perniciosa (witches' broom)
- Ceratocystis cacaofunesta (mal de machete) or (Ceratocystis wilt)
- Verticillium dahliae
- Oncobasidium theobromae (vascular streak dieback)
- Oomycetes
- Phytophthora spp. (black pod) especially Phytophthora megakarya in West Africa
- Viruses
- CSSV
- Mistletoe
- Rats and other vertebrate pests (squirrels, woodpeckers, etc.)
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