EPPO Global Database

Coconut cadang-cadang viroid(CCCVD0)

Distribution details in Guam

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1998: Absent, unreliable record
From CABI Disease map 717 (1996): Absent, unreliable record
Comments
A similar disease (Tinangaja disease) is caused by a different but related viroid CTiVd (coconut tinangaja viroid). See EPPO Reporting Service 503/06.

EPPO Reporting Service (99/050): new specific method for identifying coconut tinangaja viroid as distinct from coconut cadang-cadang viroid.
References
* Boccardo, G.; Beaver, R. G.; Randles, J. W.; Imperial, J. S. (1981) Phytopathology 71 (10), 1104-1107.
------- Tinangaja disease of coconuts is considered to be closely related to cadang-cadang.

* Hodgson, R.A.J.; Wall, G.C.; Randles, J.W. (1998) Specific identification of coconut tinangaja viroid for differential field diagnosis of viroids in coconut palm. Phytopathology, 88(8), 774-781.

* Randles, J. W.; Boccardo, G.; Mohamed, N. A.; Imperial, J. S.; Rodrigues, M. J. B.; Beaver, H. G. (1982) Biennial Report of the Waite Agricutural Research Institute, 1980-1981, p. 150. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
------- Record of tinangaja disease which is considered to be closely related to cadang-cadang.