EPPO Global Database

Palm lethal yellowing type syndromes(PHYP56)

Distribution details in St Kitts-Nevis

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2005
Pest status declared by NPPO: Unknown (2012-05)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/107) : first find, on Nevis only.

From NPPO (2012): also found in St Kitts in April 2012.
References
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Saint Kitts and Nevis. Detection of Lethal Yellowing in St. Kitts and Nevis (2012-05-11). https://www.ippc.int/index.php

* Myrie WA, Paulraj L, Dollet M, Wray D, Been BO, McLaughlin W (2006) First report of lethal yellowing disease of coconut palms caused by phytoplasma on Nevis Island. Plant Disease 90(6), p 834.

* Myrie WA, Douglas L, Harrison NA, McLaughlin W, James M (2012) First report of lethal yellowing disease associated with subgroup 16SrIV, a phytoplasma on St. Kitts in the Lesser Antilles. New Disease Reports 26(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2012.026.025