Mycoplasma-like Organisms Associated with Kaincopé and Cape St. Paul Wilt Diseases of Coconut Palms in West Africa

Abstract

Abstract Mycoplasma-like organisms were observed in tissue from spear leaf and unopened inflorescences of coconut palms affected with Kaincopé disease in Togo and Cape St. Paul Wilt in Ghana. The findings are discussed in relation to coconut lethal yellowing disease in the Caribbean and Florida.