Moniliophthora roreri(MONPRO)
Distribution details in Jamaica
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2016
First recorded in: 2016
First reported in August 2016 in the area of Clarendon. It then spread to other cocoa-producing areas. As of December 2017, Portland and St Thomas were the only places where the disease has not yet been detected. In 2019, the disease was reported as causing severe losses in the St Mary parish.
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Jamaica (JAM-08/2 of 2016-09-29) Detection of frosty pod rot in Jamaica. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/jamaica/pestreports/2016/09/detection-of-frosty-pod-rot-in-jamaica/
* ProMed posting (no. 20191010.6720797) of 2019-10-10. Frosty pod rot, cocoa - Jamaica: (Saint Mary). http://www.promedmail.org/post/6720797
* ProMed posting (no. 20171214.5504115) of 2017-12-14. Frosty pod rot, cocoa - Jamaica: spread. http://www.promedmail.org/post/5504115
* ProMed posting (no. 20161004.4534271) of 2016-10-04. Frosty pod rot, cocoa - Caribbean: 1st rep (Jamaica). http://www.promedmail.org/post/4534271
* ProMed posting (no. 20191010.6720797) of 2019-10-10. Frosty pod rot, cocoa - Jamaica: (Saint Mary). http://www.promedmail.org/post/6720797
* ProMed posting (no. 20171214.5504115) of 2017-12-14. Frosty pod rot, cocoa - Jamaica: spread. http://www.promedmail.org/post/5504115
* ProMed posting (no. 20161004.4534271) of 2016-10-04. Frosty pod rot, cocoa - Caribbean: 1st rep (Jamaica). http://www.promedmail.org/post/4534271