Cocoa Clone Resistance to Phytophthora Pod Rot (PPR) and Cocoa Pod Borer (CPB) in South Sulawesi

Abstract This research aimed find out the resistant of some superior cocoa clones to Phytophthora palmivora in South Sulawesi. This research covers several stages ranging from selection and sampling of cocoa clones, pathogen exploration to cocoa clone’s resistant test with various methods that is attaching the cocoa pod part to the healthy cocoa pod, applying P. palmivora suspension to the cocoa surface and sticking P. Palmivora isolates to the healthy cocoa pod section. The results showed that the resistance of cocoa clones to the three inoculation methods showed different areas of spotting on each observation day. The three application methods show that different applications can affect the difference in infection rates in each cocoa pod clone so that the spots that arise from infection can occur in various ways.