EPPO Global Database

Bursaphelenchus cocophilus(RHAACO)

Distribution details in Trinidad and Tobago

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 786 (1999): Present, no details
Comments
In 2011, it was reported that 80% of the local coconut industry had been decimated by red ring disease (ProMed, 2011).
References
* IICA Caraphin Report, Jan-Jun 1994.

* Gerber, K.; Giblin-Davis, R. M.; Escobar-Goyes, J. (1990) Nematropica 20 (1), 39-49.

* Gerber, K.; Giblin-Davis, R. M.; Griffith, R.; Escobar-Goyes, J.; Cartaya, A. D'Ascoli (1989) Nematropica 19 (2), 151-159.

* ProMed posting (no.20111103.3280) of 2011-11-03. Red ring disease, coconut palm - Trinidad and Tobago: update. http://www.promedmail.org

* Vilardebo, A. (1971) Les nematodes des cultures. [Journees francaises d'etudes et d'information, Paris, Novembre, 1971], 475-479. Association de Coordination Technique Agricole, Paris, France.