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Xiphinema Insigne
Xiphinema insigne is a plant pathogenic nematode infecting tea. They are known to infect Cacao tree, cacao trees. Distribution They are known to live in the Philippines. It also resides in China, where it is the most common of all of the Xiphinema nematodes. Characteristics There is a great deal of interspecies variation within the ''Xiphinema insigne'' population, generally variations are due to, or at least correlate with, geographical or climate differences. See also * List of tea diseases References Agricultural pest nematodes Cacao diseases Longidoridae {{plant-disease-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cacao Tree
''Theobroma cacao'', also called the cacao tree and the cocoa tree, is a small ( tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. The largest producer of cocoa beans in 2018 was Ivory Coast, 2.2 million tons. Description Its leaf, leaves are alternate, entire, unlobed, long and broad. Flowers The flowers are produced in clusters directly on the Trunk (botany), trunk and older branches; this is known as cauliflory. The flowers are small, diameter, with pink Calyx (botany), calyx. The floral formula, used to represent the structure of a flower using numbers, is ✶ K5 C5 A(5°+52) (5). While many of the world's flowers are pollinated by bees (Hymenoptera) or Butterfly, butterflies/moths (Lepidoptera), cacao flowers are pollinated by tiny flies, ''Forcipomyia'' midges in the subfamily Forcipomyiinae. Using the natural pollinator ''Forcipomyia'' midges for ''Theobroma cacao'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
