CONTENTS 



Page 

 GENERAL 1 



North America 3 



Mexico 3 



Central America 3 



West Indies 3 



Dominican Republic 3 



G r enada 4 



Trinidad and Tobago 4 



South Amer i ca 5 



Brazil 5 



Colombia 6 



Ecuador 7 



Venezuela 7 



Africa 8 



Belgian Congo 8 



French West Africa 9 



Gold Coast 9 



Nigeria 10 



Sao Tom6 and Principe 11 



Asia and Oceania 11 



Malaya 11 



Indonesia 12 



New Guinea 12 



Philippines ; 12 



CULTURE: SPECIAL ASPECTS 12 



Pruning 13 



Shade and Shade Trees 13 



Propagation 14 



Vegetative Propagation 14 



Soils 15 



FerUlizers 17 



Yields 17 



THE CACAO PLANT. 18 



Taxonomy and Varieties 18 



Selection and Breeding 19 



Morphology and Physiology 21 



Page 

 DISEASES 23 



Fungus Diseases 24 



Phytophthora Canker and Pod Rot 25 



V/itches Broom 26 



Physiological Diseases 27 



Virus Diseases 27 



Swollen Shoot 28 



INSECTS AND OTHER PESTS... 29 



Coleoptera. 30 



Diptera » 30 



Hemiptera 30 



Helopeltis. 31 



Sahlbergella 31 



Homoptera 32 



Pseudococ cus 32 



Hyrhenoptera 32 



Isoptera 32 



Lepidoptera 33 



Ephestia 33 



Orthoptera 33 



Thysanoptera 33 



Selenothrips 33 



THE CACAO BEAN 34 



Harvesting and Primary -Processing 34 



Chemistry and Microbiology of Fermentation 36 



Quality and Grading 37 



Storage and Packing 38 



• Biochemistry 39 



RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATION 40 



BIBLIOGRAPHIES • 42 



INDEX 43 



