List of date palm diseases
This article is a list of diseases of date palms (Phoenix dactylifera).
Fungal diseases
| Fungal diseases | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Inflorescence Pink rot
(Serratia marcescens) |
Khamedj | Mauginiella scaettae |
| Leaf dieback | Alternaria sp. | |
| Omphalia root rot | Omphalia tralucida Omphalia pigmentata | |
| Pestalotia leaf spot | ||
| Taches brunes (brown leaf spot) |
Mycosphaerella tassiana | |
| Terminal bud rot |
Ceratocystis paradoxa | |
| Wilt of fruit bunches | ||
Nematodes, parasitic
| Nematodes, parasitic | |
|---|---|
| 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://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/article.php3?id_article=4105
The date stone beetle or button beetle (Coccotrypes dactyliperda) is an insect belonging to the bark beetles (Scolytinae). It feeds on and spends part of its life cycle in dates, the fruits of the date palm
References
- Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society
- - Pink rot of inflourscence: a new disease of date palm in Kuwait.