Quarantine plant pathogen

Palm lethal yellowing type syndromes → Haplaxius crudus → 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aculeata'

Source EPPO: PHYP56 Vector EPPO: MYNDCR Target EPPO: PHYPAC
RU A1 K-K

← To all hypotheses

Scoring

All four metrics are dimensionless. The total score is the product of specificity, host distance and confidence.

0.333
Specificity
1 / the number of pathogens on the vector — this vector carries 3 pathogens in EPPO.
0.00
Host distance
1.0 = no shared hosts · 0.5 = shared family · 0.2 = shared genus · 0.0 = shared species.
1.00
Confidence (K-K)
K = confirmed vector (1.0), P = potential (0.5); both edges are multiplied.
0.000
Total
specificity × host distance × confidence

Distribution: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aculeata'

Countries with recorded presence per the EPPO Global Database (2 ISO codes).

USMX

Host plants: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aculeata'

Top 10 host taxa per EPPO; classes per EPPO host categorisation.

  • Cocos nucifera CCNNU Wild/Weed
  • Adonidia merrillii VTHME Host
  • Arenga engleri AGBEN Host
  • Attalea butyracea ATTBU Host
  • Bismarckia nobilis BIMNO Host
  • Brahea brandegeei BHQBR Host
  • Carpentaria acuminata KPAAC Host
  • Livistona chinensis LIVCH Host
  • Phoenix canariensis PHXCA Host
  • Phoenix dactylifera PHXDA Host

Synonyms: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aculeata'

  • Lethal bronzing disease
  • Lethal Bronzing Phytoplasma
  • Texas phoenix palm decline
  • Phytoplasma aculeata

Sources

Palm lethal yellowing type syndromes ↔ Haplaxius crudus

* Howard FW, Norris R, Thomas D (1983) Evidence of transmission of palm lethal yellowing agent by a planthopper, Myndus crudus (Homoptera, Cixiidae). Tropical Agriculture 60, 168–171.

Haplaxius crudus ↔ 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aculeata'

* Dzido JL, Sánchez R, Dollet M, Julia JF, Narvaez M, Fabre S, Oropeza C (2020) Haplaxius crudus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) transmits the lethal yellowing phytoplasmas, 16SrIV, to Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & H. Wendl (Arecaceae) in Yucatan, Mexico. Neotropical Entomology 49, 795-805.

* Mou DF, Di Lella B, Halbert SE, Bextine B, Helmick EE, Bahder BW (2022) Acquisition and transmission of the lethal bronzing phytoplasma by Haplaxius crudus using infected palm spear leaves and artificial feeding media. Phytopathology 112(10), 2052-2061.