Pathogenicity Tests of Two Fungi in Cacao Seedlings with Severity Scores

Pathogenicity tests of Ceratocystis cacaofunesta and Dematophora pepo on cacao seedlings were conducted in greenhouses at the La Suiza Research Center of AGROSAVIA in Colombia. Disease severity was assessed using a five-point descriptive diagrammatic scale, and scores were used to calculate the area under the disease progression curve (AUDPC) for each treatment. The dataset, authored by Jenny Catalina Martinez Becerra and last updated in May 2026, contains results from two experimental runs with five replicates each.

Use Cases

• Compare virulence of Ceratocystis cacaofunesta and Dematophora pepo based on disease severity scores.
• Calculate and analyze the area under the disease progression curve (AUDPC) for different pathogen treatments.
• Model disease progression in cacao seedlings under controlled greenhouse conditions.
• Validate a five-point descriptive diagrammatic severity scale for cacao fungal diseases.

Strengths

• Experimental design includes five replicates per treatment.
• The experiment was performed twice, suggesting reproducibility checks.
• Disease severity is quantified using a defined five-point scale.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small at 18.3 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA), La Suiza Research Center

Collection Method

Greenhouse pathogenicity tests on cacao seedlings.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-16 17:09:48

Geography

Colombia