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DURING 1943–44, exploratory experiments were carried out at Tafo, Gold Coast Colony, to determine which insects might prove to be vectors of the well-known 'swollen-shoot' virus disease which is causing widespread destruction of native-grown cacao (Theobroma Cacao L.) in certain parts of West Africa, notably in the eastern province of the Gold Coast. Four recognizable 'strains' of the virus were tested, separately, in the experiments, namely:
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BOX, H. Insect Transmission of the 'Swollen-Shoot' Virus in West African Cacao. Nature 155, 608–609 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155608b0
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