# List of coconut palm diseases

List of diseases of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera):

## Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases :
| Bacterial bud rot | Erwinia spp. |

## Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases :
| Algal leaf spot | Cephaleuros virescens |
| Anthracnose | Glomerella cingulata (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, anamorph) |
| Bitten leaf | Ceratocystis paradoxa (Chalara paradoxa, anamorph) |
| Bipolaris leaf spot | Bipolaris incurvata |
| Black scorch | Ceratocystis paradoxa (Chalara paradoxa, Thielaviopsis paradoxa, anamorphs) |
| Bud rot | Fusarium solani F. verticillioides Graphium sp. Phytophthora katsurae Ph. nicotianae Ph. palmivora |
| Catacauma leaf spot | Phaeochoropsis mucosa |
| Damping off | Fusarium spp. Phytophthora spp. Pythium spp. Rhizoctonia solani |
| Dry basal rot | Ceratocystis paradoxa (Thielaviopsis paradoxa, anamorph) |
| Ganoderma butt rot | Ganoderma orbiforme G. tornatum G. zonatum |
| Graphiola leaf spot | Graphiola phoenicis |
| Gray leaf blight | Pestalotiopsis palmarum |
| Koleroga | Phytophthora palmivora |
| Leaf blight | Cytospora palmarum |
| Leaf spots | Alternaria sp. Botryosphaeria disrupta Capitorostrum cocoes Cercospora sp. Cochliobolus lunatus Cylindrocladium pteridis Drechslera gigantea D. halodes Epicoccum nigrum Helminthosporium sp. Macrophoma sp. Macrosporium cocos Melanconium sp. Mycosphaerella palmicola Periconiella cocoes Pseudoepicoccum cocos Phomopsis sp. Phyllosticta palmetto Ramularia necator |
| Lethal bole rot | Marasmiellus cocophilus |
| Lixa grande | Camarotella costaricensis, Coccostromopsis palmicola |
| Lixa pequeña | Camarotella acrocomiae |
| Nut fall | Fusarium verticillioides Graphium sp. Phytophthora katsurae Ph. nicotianae Ph. palmivora |
| Powdery mildew | Oidium sp. |
| Queima das folhas | Botryosphaeria cocogena Lasiodiplodia theobromae |
| Root rot | Fusarium spp. Phytophthora spp. Pythium spp. Rhizoctonia solani |
| Stem bleeding | Ceratocystis paradoxa (Chalara paradoxa, Thielaviopsis paradoxa, anamorphs) Thielaviopsis spp. |
| Stigmina leaf spot | Stigmina palmivora |
| Thread blight | Ceratobasidium noxium Corticium penicillatum Pellicularia filamentosa |

## Virus and viroid

diseases :
| Cadang-cadang | Coconut cadang-cadang viroid |
| Foliar decay | ssDNA virus, identity uncertain |
| Tinangaja | Coconut tinangaja viroid |
| Natuna wilt | Not known |
| Premature decline | Not known |
| Soccoro wilt | Not known |

## Phytoplasmal diseases

Phytoplasmal diseases :
| Awka disease/Texas phoenix palm decline | Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae |
| Blast | Candidatus Phytoplasma suspected |
| Cape St. Paul wilt | Ca. Phytoplasma |
| Cedros wilt | Phytomonas sp. |
| Heart rot | Phytomonas sp. |
| Kaincope disease | Ca. Phytoplasma |
| Kalimantan wilt | Ca. Phytoplasma suspected |
| Kribi disease | Ca. Phytoplasma |
| Lethal decline | Ca. Phytoplasma |
| Lethal disease | Ca. Phytoplasma |
| Lethal yellowing | Ca. Phytoplasma |
| Pudricion del cogollo | Ca. Phytoplasma |
| Root wilt disease | Ca. Phytoplasma |
| Stem necrosis | Ca. Phytoplasma suspected |

## Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders :
| Bristle top | Not known |
| Dry bud rot | Not known, but possibly vectored by the insects Sogatella kolophon and S. cubana (Tagosodes cubana) |
| Finschafen disease | Not known |
| Frond rot | Physiological disorder |
| Leaf scorch decline | Not known |
| Malaysia wilt | Not known |
| Red ring disease | Bursaphelenchus cocophilus (nematode) |
| Porroca disease | not known |
| Coconut lethal crown atrophy | Not known |