Like other crops cocoa can be attacked by a number of pest species including

fungal diseases Pathogenic fungi are fungi that cause disease in humans or other organisms. Approximately 300 fungi are known to be pathogenic to humans. Markedly more fungi are known to be pathogenic to plant life than those of the animal kingdom. The study of fu ...

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...

s and

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

s - some of which (e.g. frosty pod rot and

cocoa pod borer The cocoa pod borer (''Conopomorpha cramerella'') is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saudi Arabia, China, India (West Bengal, Andaman Islands), Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Sulawesi, Papua, Papua Barat, Java, Kalima ...

) have increased dramatically in geographical range and are sometimes described as " invasive species".

Bacterial diseases

Fungal diseases

Miscellaneous diseases

Nematodes, parasitic

Parasitic plants

Viral and viroid diseases

References

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Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society

Guide to cocoa pests and their management. List Cocoa production Cacao