List of date palm diseases
This article is a list of diseases of date palms (Phoenix dactylifera).
Fungal diseases
Inflorescence Pink rot (Serratia marcescens)Fungal diseases | |
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Bayoud (Fusariose) | Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis |
Belaat | Phytophthora sp. |
Bending head |
Ceratocystis paradoxa |
Black leaf spot | Chaetosphaeropsis sp. |
Black scorch |
Ceratocystis paradoxa |
Diplodia disease |
Diplodia phoenicum |
Fruit rots |
Alternaria spp. |
Graphiola leaf spot | Graphiola phoenicis |
Inflorescence rot |
Diplodia spp. |
Khamedj | Mauginiella scaettae |
Leaf dieback | Alternaria sp. |
Omphalia root rot | Omphalia tralucida |
Pestalotia leaf spot | |
Taches brunes (brown leaf spot) |
Mycosphaerella tassiana |
Terminal bud rot |
Ceratocystis paradoxa |
Wilt of fruit bunches |
Nematodes, parasitic
Nematodes, parasitic | |
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Root knot |
Meloidogyne arenaria |
Root lesion |
|- Inflorescence Pink rot (Serratia marcescens)
Insects, parasitic
"Large" Red Palm Weevil, "Picudo rojo" (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus)
http://www.picudorojocanarias.es/ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rhynchophorus_ferrugineus http://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/article.php3?id_article=4105 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynchophorus_ferrugineus
References
- Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society
- [1] - Pink rot of inflourscence: a new disease of date palm in Kuwait.