Coconut lethal yellowing diseases: a phytoplasma threat to palms of global economic and social significance

GM Gurr, AC Johnson, GJ Ash, BAL Wilson… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The recent discovery of Bogia coconut syndrome in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the first
report of a lethal yellowing disease (LYD) in Oceania. Numerous outbreaks of LYDs of …

Phytoplasma diseases of plants: molecular diagnostics and way forward

S Nair, R Manimekalai - World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021 - Springer
Phytoplasmas are obligate phytopathogenic bacteria associated with devastating diseases
in hundreds of crops across the world. They have been responsible for huge economic …

'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola', associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mozambique

NA Harrison, RE Davis, C Oropeza… - … of systematic and …, 2014 - microbiologyresearch.org
In this study, the taxonomic position and group classification of the phytoplasma associated
with a lethal yellowing-type disease (LYD) of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mozambique …

Phytoplasma transmission by seed

E Satta, S Paltrinieri, A Bertaccini - Phytoplasmas: Plant Pathogenic …, 2019 - Springer
The transmission of phytoplasmas by seed was reported in several herbaceous and some
woody plant species. The seedlings were usually analyzed for the presence of …

Haplaxius crudus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) Transmits the Lethal Yellowing Phytoplasmas, 16SrIV, to Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & H.Wendl (Arecaceae) in Yucatan …

JL Dzido, R Sánchez, M Dollet, JF Julia… - Neotropical …, 2020 - Springer
Lethal yellowing (LY) affects several palm species in the Americas. It is caused by 16SrIV
group phytoplasmas. In Florida (USA), LY was shown to be transmitted by the planthopper …

Presence of 16SrIV phytoplasmas of subgroups A, D and E in planthopper Haplaxius crudus Van Duzee insects in Yucatán, Mexico

M Narváez, R Vázquez-Euán, NA Harrison… - 3 Biotech, 2018 - Springer
The present study was carried out to determine if group 16SrIV phytoplasmas, causing lethal
yellowing (LY) disease, are present in Haplaxius crudus Van Duzee (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) …

Ornamental palms: biology and horticulture

TK Broschat, ML Elliott, DR Hodel - … Reviews: Volume 42, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ornamental palms are important components of tropical, subtropical, and even warm
temperate climate landscapes. In colder climates, they are important interiorscape plants …

Dealing with lethal yellowing and related diseases in coconut

C Oropeza-Salín, L Sáenz, M Narvaez… - … the sustainability of the ' …, 2020 - Springer
The coconut is a palm of economic and social importance; it is cultivated in 90 countries
around the world and the markets of some of its products have been growing exponentially …

Phytoplasma diseases of palms

EN Yankey, J Bila, YA Rosete, C Oropeza… - … Plant Pathogenic Bacteria …, 2018 - Springer
Palms are native to tropical and subtropical areas of the world and contribute to the ecology
and economy of many countries. Phytoplasmas which are cell-wall-less prokaryotes are …

Detection and identification of phytoplasmas in the 16SrIV-A,-B, and-D subgroups in palms in Tabasco, Mexico

E Ramos Hernández, JM Lesher Gordillo… - Plant …, 2020 - Am Phytopath Society
The 16SrIV-A phytoplasmas are associated with the devastating disease lethal yellowing
(LY) of palms. In Tabasco (Mexico), the death of Cocos nucifera, Adonidia merrillii, and …