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The Philippine Bureau of Agricultural Research reports the following most common cacao pests and diseases in the Philippines: Black Pod \textit{Rot?}, Vascular Streak Dieback, Cacao Pod Borer, Helopeltis, and Cacao Stem Borer. Black Pod Rotting alone causes 20 to 30\% pod losses, and kills up to 10\% of trees annually through stem cankers \cite{guest2007black}.   As shown in Figure \ref{fig:infectedPods}, one will observe a clear boundary between the healthy and infected part of the pod. The infected part of the pod is discolored and it spreads quickly to the whole pod surface, turning the pod into blackish brown. Sudjud et al. \cite{sudjud2013intensity} observed that the discoloration usually started from the tip of the pod or near the stem. The disease can occur in any age group of pod. However, if the infected pod is still young, it cannot be harvested unlike those pods that are already ripped.