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Wodyetia bifurcata, the foxtail palm, is a species of palm in the family Arecaceae, native to Queensland, Australia. [1] It is the sole species in the genus Wodyetia . The Palm and Cycads Societies of Australia (PACSOA) describes this palm as follows:
References to diseases now known to be caused by phytoplasmas can be found as far back as 1603 (mulberry dwarf disease in Japan). [4] Such diseases were originally thought to be caused by viruses, which, like phytoplasmas, require insect vectors and cannot be cultured. Viral and phytoplasmic infections share some symptoms. [5]
Ganoderma zonatum is a plant pathogen that infects the palm species causing butt rot. It is a fungus that infects the bottom 122–152 centimeters (4–5 feet) of the plant also rotting the roots. It has been known to be in both natural and planted environments and in the majority of cases only in palms.
Phytophthora palmivora is an oomycete that causes bud-rot of palms, fruit-rot or kole-roga of coconut and areca nut. These are among the most serious diseases caused by fungi and moulds in South India. Outbreaks occur almost every year in Malnad, Mysore, North & South Kanara, Malabar and other areas.
Coconut palm diseases (19 P) P. Pests of oil palm (10 P) Pages in category "Palm diseases" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Fungal diseases; Brown leaf spot Pseudocercospora rhapisicola = Cercospora rhapidicola. R Cylindrocladium leaf spot Cylindrocladium spp. H Cylindrocladium leaf spot Cylindrocladium crotalariae Calonectria crotalariae [teleomorph] H Cylindrocladium leaf spot Cylindrocladium theae Calonectria theae [teleomorph] H Damping-off Fusarium spp. C, Ca ...
The virus is commonly known as Fifth Disease “because it was the fifth in a list of common childhood rash illnesses, which also included measles, scarlet fever, rubella and roseola,” says ...
Pestalotiopsis palmarum is the causative agent of a fungal disease of bananas, coconut and Date palms. The fungus causes leaf spots, petiole/rachis blights and sometimes bud rot of palms. Unlike other leaf spot and blight diseases, Pestalotiopsis palmarun attacks all parts of the leaf from the base to the tip. Whereas most diseases only infect ...