List of coconut palm diseases
List of diseases of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera):
Bacterial diseases
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Bacterial diseases | |
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Bacterial bud rot | Erwinia spp. |
Fungal diseases
Fungal diseases | |
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Algal leaf spot | Cephaleuros virescens |
Anthracnose | Glomerella cingulata (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, anamorph) |
Bitten leaf | Ceratocystis paradoxa (Chalara paradoxa, anamorph) |
Bipolaris leaf spot | Bipolaris incurvata |
Black scorch | Ceratocystis paradoxa (Chalara paradoxa, Thielaviopsis paradoxa, anamorphs) |
Bud rot | Fusarium solani |
Catacauma leaf spot | Phaeochoropsis mucosa |
Damping off | Fusarium spp. |
Dry basal rot | Ceratocystis paradoxa (Thielaviopsis paradoxa, anamorph) |
Ganoderma butt rot | |
Graphiola leaf spot | Graphiola phoenicis |
Gray leaf blight | Pestalotiopsis palmarum |
Koleroga | Phytophthora palmivora |
Leaf blight | Cytospora palmarum |
Leaf spots | Alternaria sp. |
Lethal bole rot | Marasmiellus cocophilus |
Lixa grande | Camarotella costaricensis, Coccostromopsis palmicola |
Lixa pequeña | Camarotella acrocomiae |
Nut fall | Fusarium verticillioides |
Powdery mildew | Oidium sp. |
Queima das folhas | |
Root rot | Fusarium spp. |
Stem bleeding | Ceratocystis paradoxa (Chalara paradoxa, Thielaviopsis paradoxa, anamorphs) Thielaviopsis spp.[which?] |
Stigmina leaf spot | Stigmina palmivora |
Thread blight | Ceratobasidium noxium |
Virus and viroid
diseases | |
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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
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Phytoplasmal diseases | |
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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 | |
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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.
References
- Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society
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- Sago worm
- Bipolaris incurvata
- Botryosphaeria cocogena
- Bursaphelenchus cocophilus
- Cadang-cadang
- Capnodium footii
- Cephaleuros virescens
- Corticium penicillatum
- Cytospora palmarum
- Marasmiellus cocophilus
- Periconiella cocoes
- Pestalotiopsis palmarum
- Phaeochoropsis mucosa
- Phyllosticta palmetto
- Phytophthora palmivora
- Pseudoepicoccum cocos
- Ramularia necator
- Stigmina palmivora
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