Lethal yellowing disease of coconut palms
Lethal yellowing disease of coconut palms
- FAO Plant Protection Bulletin, 30(2), p.79-80, 1982 .
The confirmation of this disease in Mexico in Jan. 1982 is also the first report of its presence in a coconut-growing area of mainland Central America. Sieve tube elements of the phloem from affected palms contained mycoplasma-like organisms. In Cancún approx. 20 percent of the coconut palms died in one year, most having symptoms of lethal yellowing. This outbreak poses a serious threat to commercial coconut production in the Yucatan Peninsula.
COCOS NUCIFERA
MYCOPLASMATACEAE
COCONUTS
DISEASES
FATTY OIL PLANTS
GEOGRAPHY
LETHAL YELLOWING
OIL PLANTS
OILSEED PLANTS
PLANT PATHOLOGY
The confirmation of this disease in Mexico in Jan. 1982 is also the first report of its presence in a coconut-growing area of mainland Central America. Sieve tube elements of the phloem from affected palms contained mycoplasma-like organisms. In Cancún approx. 20 percent of the coconut palms died in one year, most having symptoms of lethal yellowing. This outbreak poses a serious threat to commercial coconut production in the Yucatan Peninsula.
COCOS NUCIFERA
MYCOPLASMATACEAE
COCONUTS
DISEASES
FATTY OIL PLANTS
GEOGRAPHY
LETHAL YELLOWING
OIL PLANTS
OILSEED PLANTS
PLANT PATHOLOGY