List of coconut palm diseases
This article is a list of diseases of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera).
Bacterial diseases
Coconut gone bad: the dark spots are very bitter and the whole meat has turned yellow. The first indication is a bitter taste of the water; this coconut should not be consumed.
A coconut with a large part of the meat missing.
| Bacterial diseases | |
|---|---|
| Bacterial bud rot | Erwinia spp. |
Fungal diseases
Virus and viroid
| diseases | |
|---|---|
| Cadang-cadang | Coconut cadang-cadang viroid |
| Foliar decay | ssDNA, identity uncertain |
| Tinangaja | Coconut tinangaja viroid |
| Natuna wilt | Not known |
| Premature decline | Not known |
| Soccoro wilt | Not known |
Phytoplasmal diseases
A coconut palm with lethal yellowing
| Phytoplasmal diseases | |
|---|---|
| Awka disease/Texas phoenix palm decline | Ca. Phytoplasma palmae |
| Blast | Ca. 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
- Manimekalai, R. Soumya, V.P., Sathish Kumar, R., Selvarajan, R., Krishna Reddy, M., Sasikala, George V Thomas., Rajeev M and Baranwal, V.K. 2010. Molecular detection of 16Sr XI group Phytoplasma associated with Root (Wilt) Disease of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in India. Plant disease 94:636
References
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