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.
Bacterial diseases
|
Bacterial bud rot |
Erwinia spp. |
Fungal diseases
Virus and viroid
diseases
|
Cadang-cadang |
Coconut cadang-cadang viroid |
Foliar decay |
SS-DNA, identity uncertain |
Tinangaja |
Coconut tinangaja viroid |
Natuna wilt |
Not known |
Premature decline |
Not known |
Soccoro wilt |
Not known |
Phytoplasmal diseases
Phytoplasmal diseases
|
Awka disease |
Phytoplasma palmae |
Blast |
Phytoplasma suspected |
Cape St. Paul wilt |
Phytoplasma |
Cedros wilt |
Phytomonas sp |
Heart rot |
Phytomonas sp |
Kaincope disease |
Phytoplasma |
Kalimantan wilt |
Phytoplasma suspected |
Kribi disease |
Phytoplasma |
Lethal decline |
Phytoplasma |
Lethal disease |
Phytoplasma |
Lethal yellowing |
Phytoplasma |
Pudricion del cogollo |
Phytoplasma |
Root wilt disease |
Phytoplasma |
Stem necrosis |
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)
Additional 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
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