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 | |
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Bacterial bud rot | Erwinia spp. |
Fungal diseases
Virus and viroid
diseases | |
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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

A coconut palm with lethal yellowing
Phytoplasmal diseases | |
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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 | |
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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
References
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