Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
_Cocos nucifera_ is considered the most important crop along the coastal belt of West Africa. In Cote d’Ivoire, it is cultivated on approximately 50 000 hectares and represents the main source of income in the coastal region.
Lethal yellowing (LY)-type diseases affecting coconut and other palm species worldwide have mostly been associated with phytoplasma strains of group 16SrIV ‘Coconut lethal yellows’. However, LY-type diseases like Cape St Paul wilt (CSPW) in Ghana, the “maladie de
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