Pacific Pests, Pathogens & Weeds - Mini Fact Sheet EditionCoconut leaf stripe (139)
Pacific Pests, Pathogens & Weeds - Mini Fact Sheet EditionCoconut leaf stripe (139)
Summary
- Narrow distribution. In Philippines and Samoa. On coconut. A rare, but serious, disease of seedlings in Samoa, of unknown cause. Possibly, caused by bacteria.
- Long, yellow streaks turning brown parallel to the veins, becoming a blight during several days of rain.
- In Samoa, up to 50% death of Malayan Dwarf seedlings.
- Cultural control: cover seedbeds with fronds to prevent rain splash; monitor, and remove infected seedlings as soon as seen; move the nursery to a different site; avoid the susceptible Malayan Dwarf and its hybrids.
- Chemical control: prune infected leaves and spray with copper.
Common Name
Coconut leaf stripe
Scientific Name
Unknown; possibly a bacterial disease.
AUTHOR Grahame Jackson
Information (and Photo 1) Gerlach WWP (1988) Plant diseases of Western Samoa. Samoan German Crop Protection Project, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Gmbh, Germany.
Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project PC/2010/090: Strengthening integrated crop management research in the Pacific Islands in support of sustainable intensification of high-value crop production, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
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