EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma hispanola'(PHYPHI)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Cocos nucifera (CCNNU) Major host
* 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