INFLUENCE OF WOODY FRUIT SPECIES SUSCEPTIBLE TO LORANTHACEAE ON THE LEVEL OF INFESTATION OF COCOA TREES: CASE OF AGROFORESTRY COCOA FARMING SYSTEMS IN DALOA (COTE DIVOIRE)

Objectives: Cocoa farms integrate silvicultural practices into agricultural operations, making it possible to build agroforestry systems favoring the conservation of useful woody and fruit species. Unfortunately, these species are parasitized to varying degrees by Loranthaceae, thus becoming foci of infestation within cocoa plantations. The present study was undertaken to gain a better understanding of these Loranthaceae parasites of fruiting species in cocoa plantations and to assess the influence of susceptibility to these species on the degree of infestation of cocoa trees.