EPPO Global Database

Palm lethal yellowing type syndromes(PHYP56)

Distribution details in Mexico

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1978
From CABI Disease map 768 (1998): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
As of 2024, it seems that several species occurs in Mexico: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aculeata', 'Candidatus Phytoplasma hispanola', Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae'.


EPPO Reporting Service 512/07 of 1991: recorded on Yucatán Peninsula in 1978 (Yucatán state only, unconfirmed in the other states).

From country itself (1992): present in Quintana Roo (Holbox Is., Mujeres Is., Cancún, Punta Nizuc, Punta Morelos, Punta Allen, Playa del Carmén, Tulum, Cozumel, Carrillo Puerto, Zaragoza Is.), Yucatán (El Cuyo, X-Can, Chichen-Itza, Valladolid).

EPPO Reporting Service (1993/125) : also in state of Campeche. Has destroyed 850000 trees corresponding to 8500 ha of plantations. Now found on Isla del Carmen threatening the major coconut-producing regions of Tabasco, Veracruz and the Pacific coast.

According to Harrison et al. (1994), Yucatán lethal decline is caused by a phytoplasma distinct from palm lethal yellowing in the Caribbean.

EPPO Reporting Service (2003/049) : atypical forms detected in Yucatán in 1997/1998.
References
* Anonymous (1993) Amarillamiento letal del cocotero. Boletin SARH Fitosanitario vol 2, no. 5, 2-3.

* Bloch M, Helmick EE, Bahder BW (2022) Differentiation of palm-infecting phytoplasmas in the Caribbean basin using high resolution melt curve analysis of the secA gene. Plant Disease 2022 106(9), 2480-2489. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-22-0393-RE

* Cardena, R.; Villanueva, M. A.; Santamaria, J. M.; Oropeza, C. M. (1991) Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 13 (2), 135-138.

* Harrison NA, Richardson PA, Jones P, Tymon AM, Eden-Green SJ, Mpunami AA (1994) Comparative investigation of MLOs associated with Caribbean and African coconut lethal decline diseases by DNA hybridization and PCR assays. Plant Disease 78, 507-511.

* Harrison, N.A.; Narváez, M.; Almeyda, H.; Cordova, I.; Carpio, M.L.; Oropeza, C. (2002) First report of group 16SrIV phytoplasmas infecting coconut palms with leaf yellowing symptoms on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Plant Pathology, 51(6), p 808.

* Narvaez M, Cordova-Lara I, Reyes-Martinez C, Puch-Hau C, Mota-Narvaez L, Colli A, Caamal G, Harrison N, Saenz L, Oropeza C (2016) Occurrence of 16SrIV subgroup A phytoplasmas in Roystonea regia and Acrocomia mexicana palms with lethal yellowing-like syndromes in Yucatan, Mexico. Journal of Phytopathology 164(11/12), 1111-1115.

* Narváez M, Vázquez-Euán R, Harrison NA, Nic-Matos G, Julia JF, Dzido JL, Fabre S, Dollet M, Oropeza C (2018) Presence of 16SrIV phytoplasmas of subgroups A, D and E in planthopper Haplaxius crudus Van Duzee insects in Yucatán, Mexico. 3 Biotech 8(1), 61.

* McCoy, R. E.; Norris, R. C.; Vieyra, G.; Delgado, S. (1982) FAO Plant Protection Bulletin 30 (2), 79-80.

* Poghosyan A, Hernandez-Gonzalez J, Lebsky V, Oropeza C, Narvaez M, Leon de La Luz JL (2019) First report of 16SrIV palm lethal yellowing group phytoplasma ('Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae') in palmilla de taco (Brahea brandegeei) and palma colorada (Washingtonia robusta) in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Plant Disease 103(8), p 2122.
------- 16SrIV-D.

* Villanueva B., J.; Piña R., J.; Carrillo R., H. (1987) Avances sobre el control y la investigación del amarillamiento letal del cocotero en México. SARH, Folleteo 1, p. 19. Vera Cruz.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belize Present, restricted distribution view...
Guatemala Present, no details view...
United States of America Florida Present, no details view...
United States of America Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Louisiana Present, few occurrences view...
United States of America Texas Present, no details view...