'Candidatus Phytoplasma dypsidis'(PHYPDY)
Distribution details in Australia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2021: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2017
First recorded in: 2017
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/119) : initially found in Dypsis poivreana in the botanical gardens of Cairns, Queensland in 2017. Further surveys detected the pathogen in 8 dying ornamental palm species.
* Jones LM, Pease B, Perkiins SL, Constable FE, Kinoti WM, Warmington D, Allgood B, Powell S, Taylor P, Pearce C, Davis RI (2021) ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma dypsidis’, a novel taxon associated with a lethal wilt disease of palms in Australia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71(5). https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004818