Lethalyellowing (LY) is a phytoplasma disease that attacks many species of palms, including some commercially important species, such as the coconut and date palm. During the last four decades, outbreaks of lethalyellowingdisease have killed most of the once prevalent tall-type coconut cultivars in Florida (United States) and Jamaica. Lethalyellowing, a deadly disease affecting palms, has previously occurred only in Florida in the United States. LethalYellowingDisease. Antigua News Room 2 947 просмотров 8 лет назад.Lethalyellowing (LY) is a systemic disease caused by a phytoplasma transmitted by a planthopper. Lethalyellowing-like diseases, also called LethalYellowing Type Syndromes, Lethal Declines or Coconut LethalYellowing comprise of a complex of phytoplasma-associated coconut... Lethalyellowing is a disease first noticed in the Caribbean region of North America about 100 years ago. Lethalyellowing is a tropical disease that affects several species of palm. This disfiguring disease can devastate landscapes in South Florida that rely on palms. Lethalyellowing (LY) is one of the most important diseases of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in the American tropics because it spreads rapidly... lethalyellowing Lethalyellows (LY) is a deadly disease of coconut palms and 34 other palm species. The causal agent is a phytoplasma, which is vectored by the homopteran cixiid (insect)...
