Phytophthora palmivora

TaxID: 4796

Basic Information

Phytophthora palmivora

Canker of Cocoa

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

palmivora

Undefined

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (15 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Egypt Regulated non-quarantine pest 2018
Guinea Regulated non-quarantine pest 2022
Morocco Quarantine pest 2018
Mozambique Quarantine pests —
Malaysia Quarantine pests —
Pakistan Quarantine pests —
Papua New Guinea Present —
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Distribution (14 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Country Status State
Australia Present —
Brazil Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Colombia Present —
Dominica Present —
France Present —
Guatemala Present —
India Present —
Madagascar Present —
Malaysia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_002911725.1 Scaffold 107 6 6 -

Transcriptomes (6 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR12759715 - - - 39938739 India: Kasaragod
SRR19440802 - - - 65792363 Malaysia: Glasshouse and Nursery Complex IIUM, Kuantan
SRR19440801 - - - 65686728 Malaysia: Glasshouse and Nursery Complex IIUM, Kuantan
SRR5937696 - - - - -
SRR5937695 - - - 32898088 -
SRR5937694 - - - 35771441 -

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

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Literature