¬ The non-native Beauveria bassiana strain was the most effective product, showing a mortality rate of 63.3 % in adults and 49.1 % in nymphs (Figure 2A and B).
¬ Cocoa pods in their early stages of development were highly susceptible to attack by Monalonion dissimulatum (Figure 3).
¬ Fully developed cocoa pods showed a rather strong resistance to attacks: no effects on cocoa wet bean yield were recorded up to about 70% of damaged tissue on the surface of the cocoa pods. However, when the damage increased above 70 %, it had a strong impact on yield, amounting up to 50.4% loss (Figure 4).