List of diseases of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera):
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases | |
---|---|
Bacterial bud rot | Erwinia spp. |
Fungal diseases
Virus and viroid
diseases | |
---|---|
Cadang-cadang | Coconut cadang-cadang viroid |
Foliar decay | ssDNA virus, identity uncertain |
Tinangaja | Coconut tinangaja viroid |
Natuna wilt | Not known |
Premature decline | Not known |
Soccoro wilt | Not known |
Phytoplasmal diseases
Phytoplasmal diseases | |
---|---|
Awka disease/Texas phoenix palm decline | Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae |
Blast | Candidatus Phytoplasma suspected |
Cape St. Paul wilt | Ca. Phytoplasma |
Cedros wilt | Phytomonas sp. |
Heart rot | Phytomonas sp. |
Kaincope disease | Ca. Phytoplasma |
Kalimantan wilt | Ca. Phytoplasma suspected |
Kribi disease | Ca. Phytoplasma |
Lethal decline | Ca. Phytoplasma |
Lethal disease | Ca. Phytoplasma |
Lethal yellowing | Ca. Phytoplasma |
Pudricion del cogollo | Ca. Phytoplasma |
Root wilt disease | Ca. Phytoplasma |
Stem necrosis | Ca. Phytoplasma suspected |
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders | |
---|---|
Bristle top | Not known |
Dry bud rot | Not known, but possibly vectored by the insects Sogatella kolophon and S. cubana (Tagosodes cubana) |
Finschafen disease | Not known |
Frond rot | Physiological disorder |
Leaf scorch decline | Not known |
Malaysia wilt | Not known |
Red ring disease | Bursaphelenchus cocophilus (nematode) |
Porroca disease | not known |
Coconut lethal crown atrophy | Not known |
Further reading
- This review...
- Gurr, Geoff; Johnson, Anne; Ash, Gavin; Wilson, Bree; Ero, Mark; Pilotti, Carmel; Dewhurst, Charles; You, Minsheng (2016). "Coconut Lethal Yellowing Diseases: A Phytoplasma Threat to Palms of Global Economic and Social Significance". Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. Frontiers Media SA: 1521. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01521. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 5080360. PMID 27833616. S2CID 3187070.
- ...cites this study:
- Manimekalai, R.; Soumya, V.; Sathish, R.; Selvarajan, R.; Reddy, K.; Thomas, G.; Sasikala, M.; Rajeev, G.; Baranwal, V. (2010). "Molecular Detection of 16SrXI Group Phytoplasma Associated with Root (Wilt) Disease of Coconut (Cocos nucifera) in India". Plant Disease. 94 (5). American Phytopathological Society (APS): 636. doi:10.1094/pdis-94-5-0636b. ISSN 0191-2917. PMID 30754440. S2CID 73430885.
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