List of articles retrieved from the three databases search (GS, PubMed, WoS) using keywords for cashew diseases, prior to duplicates removal and data curation. Authors, Article title, Publication Year, DOI and Database.

The aim of this study was to systematically review the available scientific data on cashew diseases, to identify current gaps in the literature, and to reveal the most important diseases and causal pathogens affecting its productivity, linking their distribution with that of cashew producing regions across the world. Information on the status of cashew diseases is vital for the stakeholders to improve the cashew value chain and constitutes a baseline for the design of efficient strategies to control disease spreading.

This systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA guidelines (Moher, 2009). We searched three electronic databases: PubMed, Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar. The search was conducted on the 15/04/2022 with the following set of keywords: (1) cashew AND disease; (2) cashew AND diseases* AND (bacteria* OR fungi*); (3) first report cashew.

Here we provide the total of 538 records  retrieved from the three freely available electronic databases used in the present search – PubMed, WoS and Google Scholar.