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dc.creatorDíaz-José,Julio
dc.creatorDíaz-José,Oscar
dc.creatorMora-Flores,Saturnino
dc.creatorRendón-Medel,Roberto
dc.creatorTellez-Delgado,Ricardo
dc.date2014-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T21:19:58Z
dc.date.available2019-04-24T21:19:58Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392014000400004
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/55934
dc.descriptionCacao (Theobroma cacao L.) represents one of the most important agricultural crops of the humid Mexican tropics. In the last 10 yr, approximately 23.000 t of this grain were no longer produced per cycle. The objective of this study was to identify characteristics and factors that restrict production in the states of Tabasco and Chiapas. A survey was applied to obtain information about 184 producers and their plantations by two-stage sampling. Descriptive statistics were calculated and multilevel models were adjusted to analyze the information. Results show that there are differences (P < 0.05) in cacao yield between municipalities (380 kg ha-1 + u,o j is the estimated residual for each municipality). Crop productivity levels are higher in the state of Tabasco than in Chiapas (644 and 344 kg ha-1, respectively). Incidence of frosty pod rot of cacoa, also known as moniliasis, induced by Moniliophthora roreri [(Cif) H.C. Evans, Stalpers, Samson &amp; Benny 1978] is significantly greater (P < 0.05) in the state of Chiapas (60%) than in Tabasco (48%).Producers who carry out more crop management practices increase yields and decrease the pathogen&rsquo;s impact on their plantations. Results suggest the need to apply differentiated public policies to promote production within each region or municipality.
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dc.publisherInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA
dc.relation10.4067/S0718-58392014000400004
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceChilean journal of agricultural research v.74 n.4 2014
dc.subjectCocoa production
dc.subjectMoniliophthora roreri
dc.subjectmultilevel analysis
dc.subjectTheobroma cacao
dc.titleCacao in México: Restrictive factors and productivity levels


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