Resistance of cacao "Jaca" to Ceratocystis fimbriata in the cacao growing region of Bahia, Brazil

Abstract

One hundred and forty four cacao (Theobroma cacao) genotypes testified "in vitro", showed susceptibility to high susceptibility to the isolate 2591 of Ceratocystis fimbriata in Bahia. The variety known, as cacao "Jaca" was the more genetic material that showed resistance to the pathogen among all the materials tested.