01110nas a2200121 4500008004100000245007600041210006800117300001000185490000600195520071900201100001400920856005400934 1974 eng d00aThe occurrence of Phytophthora palmivora (Butl.) Butl. in soil in Ghana0 aoccurrence of Phytophthora palmivora Butl Butl in soil in Ghana a37-410 v73 a

The occurrence of Phytophthora palmivora (But!.) But!. in soil was studied over 2 consecutive years by baiting the fungus with healthy cocoa pods. The fungus was frequently found in soils of a forest reserve, an abandoned cocoa farm and in farms still under cocoa cultivation; its activity, however, differed under the three soil conditions. Fluctuations in the occurrence of P. palmivora in soil did not depend on atmospheric temperature. At Obomeng, the fungus was isolated more frequently from a cocoa farm than from either an abandoned cocoa farm or a forest area. The isolation of P. palmivora from the uncultivated forest soil indicates that the fungus is indigenous to forest soils.

1 aDakwa, JT uhttp://gains.org.gh/articles/gjas_v7_1_p37_41.pdf