“…Themotherofallcivilizationisagriculture (Jasim&AL-Tuwaijari,2020).Agriculturehasbeen practicedsinceancienttimes,andmanyinnovationsanddevelopmentsaretakingplace (Pooja,Das, &Kanchana,2017).Themostcriticaldrivingforceforacountry'seconomyisagriculture,whichis thelivelihoodofnearlytwothirdsofthepopulationofadevelopingcountry (Hossain,Hossain,& Rahaman,2019).Cocoaisacashcropusedformanufacturingvariousproductssuchaschocolate drinks,bars,cocoabutter,cocoapowder,andamongothers.Despiteallitsnumerousbenefits,cocoa farmersfacemanychallengesinitsproduction.Cocoaisatahighriskofbeingattackedbypestsand diseasesinthehotandhumidenvironment.Almosthalfoftheproductioncouldbelostduetopest infestation,diseases,andweed.Diseasesthatcanaffectyields-mostcommoninWestAfricaarethe blackpodandtheswollenshootvirus (Ameyaw,Dzahini-Obiatey,&Domfeh,2014).Plantdiseases havecontributedtoamajordecreaseinworldwidecropproductionandquantity (Sun,Zhang,Yang, &Liu,2020).Thishasresultedinadrasticreductionintheproductionandquantityofcropsacross theworld.Ifthesediseasescanbepreciselydetectedandtreatedontime,theeconomiclosseswill besignificantlyminimized,andecologicaldisasterscausedbydiseasetransmissioncanbeprevented (Sun,Zhang,Yang,&Liu,2020).Asignificantthreatisdiseaseinfestationincropsthatcannegatively impactanation'seconomy,includingitsproductionandyields,ifleftunattendedto (Francis&Deisy, 2019).Agricultureisoneofthemostimportantsourcesoflivelihoodthatcontributesgreatlytothe economyoftheworld.However,toagreatextent,plantdiseasescausedbyvariouspathogenscan curb yield (Pavel, Rumi, Fairooz, Jahan, & Hossain, 2021). Improving the agricultural product's quality has become critical (Machha, Jadhav, Kasar, & Chandak, 2020).…”