EPPO Global Database

Palm lethal yellowing type syndromes(PHYP56)

Distribution details in Cote d'Ivoire

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1990s
Comments
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola’

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/090) : a lethal yellowing-type of disease has been observed on coconut (Cocos nucifera) in Grand-Lahou (along the Southern coast).
References
* Arocha-Rosete Y, Konan Konan JL, Diallo AH, Allou K, Scott JA (2014) Identification and molecular characterization of the phytoplasma associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease of coconut in Côte d’Ivoire." Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 36(2), 141-150.

* Bertaccini A, Arocha-Rosete Y, Contaldo N, Duduk B, Fiore N, Montano HG, Kube M, Kuo CH, Martini M, Oshima K, Quaglino F (2022) Revision of the ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ species description guidelines. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 72(4), 005353.

* Contaldo N, D’Amico G, Paltrinieri S, Diallo HA, Bertaccini A, Rosete YA (2019) Molecular and biological characterization of phytoplasmas from coconut palms affected by the lethal yellowing disease in Africa. Microbiological research. 223, 51-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2019.03.011
-------a member of group 16SrXXII, subgroup –B

* Harrison NA, Davis RE, Oropeza C, Helmick EE, Narvaez M, Eden-Green S, Dollet M, Dickinson M (2014) ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola’, associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mozambique. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 64(Pt_6), 1890-1899.

* Konan Konan JL, Allou K, Atta Diallo H, Saraka Yao D, Koua B, Kouassi N, Benabid R, Michelutti R, Scott J, Arocha-Rosete Y (2013) First report on the molecular identification of the phytoplasma associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease of coconut palms in Cote d'Ivoire. New Disease Reports 28, 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2013.028.003
-------First report of a Cape Saint Paul wilt strain associated with a lethal yellows-type disease of coconut palms.

* Rosete YA, Diallo HA, Konan Konan JL, Yankey N, Saleh M, Pilet F, Contaldo N, Paltrinieri S, Bertaccini A, Scott J (2017) Detection and differentiation of the coconut lethal yellowing phytoplasma in coconut-growing villages of Grand-Lahou, Côte d'Ivoire. Annals of Applied Biology 170(3), 33-347.



Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
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