Lethal Yellowing diseases of the coconut palm: an overview

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R. Bourdeix1, K. Allou2 and J. L. Konan Konan3

1CIRAD (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le développement). Coconut Breeding Section, Marc Delorme Research Station, National Center for Agronomic Research, 07 BP 13 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Phone: (225) 24 88 72 or (225) 35 32 11, E-mail: roland.bourdeix@cirad.fr; 2Head of Crop Protection Division, Marc Delorme Research Station, National Center for Agronomic Research, 07 BP 13 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Phone: (225) 24 88 72; 3Head of Breeding Section, Marc Delorme Research Station, National Center for Agronomic Research, 07 BP 13 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Phone: (225) 24 88 72.

Lethal Yellowing (LY)-type diseases are pandemic diseases that affect the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) and some other 30 palm species including various ornamentals, such as the Manila palm (Adonidia merrilli L.) and the Thurston palm (Pritchardia thurstonii F.J.M.) [1].

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