Phytophthora arecae

TaxID: 129347

Basic Information

Phytophthora arecae

Fruit Rot of Areca Nut

Phytophthora palmivora is an oomycete that causes bud-rot of palms, fruit rot or kole-roga of coconut and areca nut. These are among the most serious diseases caused by fungi and moulds in South India. Outbreaks occur almost every year in Malnad, Mysore, North & South Kanara, Malabar and other areas. Similar diseases of palms are also known to occur in Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and Sumatra. The causative organism was first identified as P. palmivora by Edwin John Butler in 1917.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Oomycota

Peronosporomycetes

Peronosporales

Peronosporaceae

Phytophthora

arecae

nan

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Morphological Features

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Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Papua New Guinea Absent —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

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Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (5 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
OOMYA477-08 - ITS 2266 - - -
OOMYA115-07 BOLD:AAO5782 ITS 786 India - -
OOMYA115-07 BOLD:AAO5782 COI-5P 680 India - -
GBAAZ10282-24 BOLD:AAO5782 COI-5P 773 - - -
GBAAZ10281-24 - COI-5P 927 Unrecoverable - -

Literature