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THE Secretary of State for the Colonies has appointed the following commission to visit the Gold Coast and report on the measures necessary for the eradication of swollen shoot disease of cocoa trees : Dr. G. Berkeley, of the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Canada ; Dr. W. Carter, head of the Department of Entomology, Pineapple Research Institute, Hawaii ; and Prof, van Slogteren, of Holland. Their terms of reference are: “Having regard to the research work in swollen shoot disease of cocoa trees in the Gold Coast being carried out by the West African Cocoa Research Institute, to study the incidence and nature of the disease and to report on the technical measures necessary for its speedy eradication”.
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Cocoa Disease in the Gold Coast. Nature 162, 689 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162689c0
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