Bud Rot, Sudden Wilt, Red Ring and Lethal Wilt of oil palm in the Americas
Publicación:
Revista Palmas; Vol. 31 Núm. 1 (2010); 43-53
0121-2923
Revista Palmas; Vol. 31 Núm. 1 (2010); 43-53
0121-2923
Abstract
This paper presents the four more serious diseases in the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), that are being a problem in America, affecting the development of the crop. They are widely spread in all the tropical countries, where there have been important increases in the planted area. For each one of them it is presented information about its biology, economic importance, epidemiology, detection, control and future research. The main emphasis is in bud rot, the one that has been responsible for the losses of thousands of hectares, and the one in which recently there have been very interesting advances in the identification of its causal agent. En este documento se describen las cuatro enfermedades más importantes de la palma de aceite (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), en América, afectando el desarrollo del cultivo. Ellas están ampliamente distribuidas en todos los países tropicales, donde se ha presentado un incremento importante del área sembrada. Para cada una de ellas se describe la información sobre su biología, importancia económica, epidemiología, detección, control e investigaciones futuras. El mayor énfasis se hace en la Pudrición del cogollo, la enfermedad que ha sido responsable de la pérdida de miles de hectáreas, y sobre la cual, recientemente se han tenido avances muy importantes en la identificación de su agente causante.
This paper presents the four more serious diseases in the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), that are being a problem in America, affecting the development of the crop. They are widely spread in all the tropical countries, where there have been important increases in the planted area. For each one of them it is presented information about its biology, economic importance, epidemiology, detection, control and future research. The main emphasis is in bud rot, the one that has been responsible for the losses of thousands of hectares, and the one in which recently there have been very interesting advances in the identification of its causal agent.
Palabras clave:
palma de aceite
elaeis guineensis
pudrición del cogollo
marchitez sorpresiva
anillo rojo
enfermedades de las plantas
bursaphelenchus
marchitez letal
phytophthora
palma de aceite
elaeis guineensis
pudrición del cogollo
marchitez sorpresiva
anillo rojo
enfermedades de las plantas
bursaphelenchus
marchitez letal
phytophthora