EPPO Global Database

Palm lethal yellowing type syndromes(PHYP56)

Distribution details in Guadeloupe

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2021
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication (2021-10)
Comments
Silva et al. (2019): Lethal yellowing has been observed in Saint Martin and Saint Barthelémy in 2013.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/161) : reported first the first time in Guadeloupe in June 2021 in a private property in Sainte-Anne (Grande-Terre).

From NPPO (2021): the presence of phytoplasmas (16SrIV group) in symptomatic palm stipe tissues has been confirmed by laboratory tests. Official control measures are being implemented, including the removal and destruction of infected palm trees, surveys and testing of symptomatic and asymptomatic samples collected from the infected area.
References
* Direction de l’alimentation de l’agriculture et de la forêt (2021-06-07) Première détection du phytoplasme responsable du jaunissement mortel du palmier en Guadeloupe. https://daaf.guadeloupe.agriculture.gouv.fr/Premiere-detection-du-phytoplasme

* NPPO of France (2021-10).

* Pilet F, Loiseau M, Boyer C, Cavalier A, Diman C (2023) First report of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae' (16SrIV-A subgroup) associated with palm Lethal Yellowing disease on Cocos nucifera and Pritchardia sp. in Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Plant Disease 107(5), 1621. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-22-1898-PDN
------- 'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae'

* Silva FG, Passos EM, Diniz LEC, Teodoro AV, Talamini V, Fernandes MF, Dollet M (2019) Occurrence in Brazil of Haplaxius crudus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae), vector of coconut lethal yellowing. Neotropical Entomology 48, 171–174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-018-0663-y
------- Saint Martin and Saint Barthelémy.