Black pod disease destroys up to a quarter of the world's cacao every year, roughly 700,000 metric tons worth more than $2 billion. The water mold responsible across the Americas is Phytophthora palmivora, and in Colombia it is the dominant Phytophthora on cacao. How it travels among the countr...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-andes-cacao-killer-didnt.html)