Pest categorisation of Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasmas [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2017 The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasmas for the EU territory. This name is used to describe diseases that share the same succession of symptoms in palms that are caused by a number of strains ...
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EDIS, 2019 Lethal yellowing (LY) is a palm disease prevalent in Florida landscapes in the southern one-third of the state. It is also observed in field nurseries.
Nigel A. Harrison, Monica L. Elliott
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Coconut lethal yellowing diseases: a phytoplasma threat to palms of global economic and social significance [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 The recent discovery of Bogia Coconut Syndrome in Papua New Guinea is the first report of a lethal yellowing disease (LYD) in Oceania. Numerous outbreaks of LYDs of coconut have been recorded in the Caribbean and Africa since the late 19th century and ...
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Towards Pathogen-Free Coconut Germplasm Exchange [PDF]
PlantsCoconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is an important palm species that serves as the mainstay of several industries and contributes to the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers.
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Detection and identification of Bogia coconut syndrome phytoplasma from seed-associated tissues and seedlings of coconut (Cocos nucifera) and betel nut (Areca catechu) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsEvidence for seed transmission of phytoplasmas has grown in several pathosystems including coconut (Cocos nucifera). Bogia coconut syndrome (BCS) is a disease associated with the lethal yellowing syndrome associated with the presence of ‘Candidatus ...
Hengyu Lu +9 more
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Potential coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) genotypes for farmers: Evaluation of agronomic traits in a lethal yellowing disease endemic zone in Ghana [PDF]
HeliyonA four-year study was conducted to evaluate selected vegetative and reproductive characteristics in four coconut genotypes namely: Niu Leka Dwarf (NLD), New Guinea Brown Dwarf (NGBD), Malayan Green Dwarf (MGD), Indonesian Brown Dwarf (IBD), and a hybrid ...
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Development of a Duplex dPCR Assay for Detecting Palm Lethal Yellowing Phytoplasmas in Africa and Madagascar and Separation of Regional Species by High-Resolution Melt Curve Analysis (HRMA) Based on the secA Gene [PDF]
BiologyPalm lethal yellowing phytoplasmas (PLYPs) are a group of phytoplasmas that cause death in infected hosts across the tropics. Historically, detection and identification has relied on standard PCR, nested PCR, and restriction fragment length polymorphism.
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Detection of 16SrIV-A phytoplasma DNA in Colpoptera sp. (Hemiptera: Nogodinidae) insects in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 Lethal yellowing (LY) is a disease that affects coconut and other palm species. It is associated to phytoplasmas of the group 16SrIV and the only reported insect vector for this pathogen so far is Haplaxius crudus. H.
M. Fernández-Barrera +7 more
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Sampling Palms for Lethal Yellowing and Texas Phoenix Palm Decline Phytoplasmas
EDIS, 2018 In Florida, palms are an economically important group of trees in the nursery and landscaping industries. Phytoplasma diseases of palms are a major concern because they infect a wide variety of these valuable ornamental palms, and they are lethal.
Brian Bahder, Ericka Helmick
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The American Palm Cixiid, Haplaxius crudus
EDIS, 2021 The American palm cixiid, Haplaxius crudus, is a common species of insect that belongs to the order Hemiptera, family Cixiidae. It is widespread and abundant in the state of Florida, but also occurs as far north as South Carolina and as far west as ...
Brian Bahder
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