EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma hispanola'(PHYPHI)

Distribution details in Dominican Republic

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2008
References
* Martinez RT, Narvaez M, Fabre S, Harrison N, Oropeza C, Dollet M, Hichez E (2008) Coconut lethal yellowing on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic is associated with a new 16SrIV group phytoplasma. Plant pathology 57(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01726.x

* Soto N, Helmick EE, Harrison NA, Bahder BW (2021) Genetic variability of palm lethal decline phytoplasmas in the Caribbean basin and Florida, USA, based on a multilocus analysis. Phytopathology 111(12), 2203-2212. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-21-0130-R