List of foliage plant diseases (Palmae)

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This is a list of diseases of foliage plants belonging to the family Palmae.

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[edit] Plant Species

Plant Species
C Caryota mitis fishtail palm
Ch Chamaedorea spp. parlor palm, Florida hybrid palm
Ca Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Areca palm
H Howea forsterana Kentia palm
R Rhapis excelsa lady finger palm

[edit] Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Common name Scientific name Plants affected
Bacterial leaf blight Acidovorax avenae = Pseudomonas avenae c

[edit] Fungal diseases

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, Ch, H, R
Damping-off Pythium spp. C, Ca, Ch, H, R
Gliocladium stem rot Gliocladium vermoeseni Ca, Ch
Helminthosporium leaf spot

Bipolaris setariae
= Helminthosporium setariae
= Cochliobolus setariae

 H, R
Helminthosporium leaf spot

Exserohilum rostratum
= Helminthosporium rostratum
= Setosphaeria rostrata

 C, Ca, Ch, H, R
Leaf spot Phaeotrichoconis crotalariae Ca
Lethal yellows Mycoplasma-like organism (MLO) C
Phytophthora stem rot and blight Phytophthora spp. Ch

[edit] Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Burrowing nematode Radopholus similis Ch
Lesion nematodes Pratylenchus spp. Ch

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