Detection of Frosty Pod Rot in Jamaica

Publication Date

Thu, 29 Sep 2016, 02:51

Last Updated

Sept. 29, 2016, 5:18 a.m.

Report Number

JAM-08/2

Country

Jamaica

Pest Id

Moniliophthora roreri - (MONPRO)

Report Status

Preliminary

Hosts

Major host: Theobroma cacao (cocoa)

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Present: subject to official control

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: not widely distributed and under official control

Geographical Distribution

Currently identified in one parish in Jamaica and is currently subjected to a delimiting survey and officially regulated with the intent to eradicate.

Summary

Moniliopthtora roreri (frosty pod rot) has been detected and confirmed in one parish in Jamaica. The disease is currently subjected to official regulation with the country moving swiftly to effect eradication the pest.

Contact for info

Ms. Sanniel Wilson Chief Plant Quarantine Officer Plant Quarantine/ Produce Inspection Branch Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Jamaica E:[email protected] T: 876-977-6401/977-0637

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