Integrated Control of Cocoa Pod Borer and Cocoa Pod Black Rot Disease

Integrated Control of Cocoa Pod Borer and Cocoa Pod Black Rot Disease

Prof. Dr. Ir. I Wayan Supartha, MS.

 Cocoa pod borer (CPB) and Cocoa Pod Black Rot Disease (CPBRD) are major disruptive organisms causing a decrease in the quantity of production and quality of cocoa beans in Indonesia. For this reason, efforts are needed to deal seriously, especially pests and diseases to prevent the spread more quickly and accurately and the level of attack to other areas so that losses can be reduced.

This book presents the concepts, approaches, strategies and technology for controlling pests and diseases in an integrated way through the management of the highly complex components of the cocoa agroecosystem to inhibit and break the life cycle of PBK and PBBK pests that threaten their production. Therefore, environmental factors that are key to the life of pests and disease-causing pathogens need to be known and understood carefully, especially those concerning food or host, natural enemies, and other physical factors such as rainfall, temperature, humidity and light. This book also provides information on the PBK and PBBK bioecology to see the weak points of the pest and disease phases of life in their life cycles which can be used as a basis for developing appropriate strategies and technologies to suppress populations and the danger of their attacks.

To improve the effectiveness of these controls, several physical and mechanical control components that are commonly applied in the control system are modified and integrated with cattle business. Importing cattle components into the pest control system is intended to utilize attacked cocoa pod waste as feed that is processed mechanically through chopping and grinding and physical means through fermentation and which can inhibit disease development (CPBRD) and break the pest cycle (CPB). Thus the image of waste that has the potential as a source of disease inoculums and means of spreading pests can be transformed into added value. The added value can be in the form of reduced control costs, animal feed costs, manure and the additional benefits of cow body weight that is maintained from the results of the utilization of attacked cocoa fruit waste as a source of raw material for animal feed.