Pests Advanced Search Hosts Advanced Search
Moniliophthora perniciosa (witches broom disease of cacoa )
Moniliophthora perniciosa
witches broom disease of cacoa
Crinipellis perniciosa
South and Central America, Caribbean
Not known to occur
2022-12-01 18:41:02
fungus
China
Cacoa only in nature. S-biotype has infected tomato and pepper in laboratory settings.
MONIPE
2 Known Hosts
Solanum lycopersicum
tomato
No
MONIPE-2
A biotype of this pathogen (S-biotype) found in wild species of solanum in Brazil has caused disease in tomato and pepper when artificially inoculated in the greenhouse. This pathogen, however, is not known to infect tomato or pepper under natural cultivation.
MONIPE-2
Marelli, J.P., Maximova, S.N., Gramacho, K.P., Kang, S. and Guiltinan, M.J., 2009. Infection biology of Moniliophthora perniciosa on Theobroma cacao and alternate solanaceous hosts. Tropical Plant Biology, 2:149-160.
Capsicum annuum
pepper
No
MONIPE-2
A biotype of this pathogen (S-biotype) found in wild species of solanum in Brazil has caused disease in tomato and pepper when artificially inoculated in the greenhouse. This pathogen, however, is not known to infect tomato or pepper under natural cultivation.
MONIPE-2
Marelli, J.P., Maximova, S.N., Gramacho, K.P., Kang, S. and Guiltinan, M.J., 2009. Infection biology of Moniliophthora perniciosa on Theobroma cacao and alternate solanaceous hosts. Tropical Plant Biology, 2:149-160.
Search the database