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Leaf Spot Disease in Coconut Palms

Leaf spot is a fungal disease that affects coconut palms. It causes small brown spots on leaves that enlarge and fuse, making the leaves appear blighted. The disease infects both young and old palms, reducing photosynthesis. To manage it, proper cultural practices like pruning damaged leaves, fertilizing palms to improve vigor, and spacing seedlings adequately are recommended. Fungicides also help control the disease if infection persists despite fertilizer application. Preventing overcrowding and maintaining healthy growth through fertilization can avoid severe leaf spot infections.

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Leaf Spot Disease in Coconut Palms

Leaf spot is a fungal disease that affects coconut palms. It causes small brown spots on leaves that enlarge and fuse, making the leaves appear blighted. The disease infects both young and old palms, reducing photosynthesis. To manage it, proper cultural practices like pruning damaged leaves, fertilizing palms to improve vigor, and spacing seedlings adequately are recommended. Fungicides also help control the disease if infection persists despite fertilizer application. Preventing overcrowding and maintaining healthy growth through fertilization can avoid severe leaf spot infections.

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DAMAGE CHARACTERISTIC

DISEASE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

During
severe
infection,
become unfit for field planting

Practice proper cultural management


to prevent leaf spot.

seedlings

Generally, the fungi are weak parasites


that thrive on poorly nourished palms
which are physiologically weak to resist
fungal infection.

APPEARANCE

Prevention

Infect both young and old palms; affects


the
leaves
thereby
reducing
the
photosynthetic activity of palms

Space seedling at 60 x 60 cm triangular


distance to provide adequate room for
developing palms.

Prune and collect damaged leaves and


burn severely infected seedlings in
nursery.

Spots enlarge and fuse making the leaf appear


blighted or burnt

spot caused by Pestalozzia


palmarum Cke. & Grev. Appear first as
small yellowish brown, circular to oblong
spots on leaflet. Spots gradually turn
brown with ashen gray center surrounded
by dark brown bands. Spots enlarge and
fuse making the leaf appear blighted or
burnt.
Leaf

Prune damaged leaves and burn

Do not overgrow seedlings in nursery,


overcrowding predisposes young palms to
infection.

Fertilized the seedlings to improve their


vegetative growth, vigor & resistance to
the disease.

Conidia of P. palmarum

Small yellowish brown, circular to oblong spots


on leaves initial symptom of disease

Leaf spot caused by Helminthosporium


sp. are small, dark brown sunken necrotic
. Spots gradually enlarge to form blight


Control

Apply recommended fertilizer both for


coconut seedlings and field planted palms.

Spray fungicides such as Vitigran Blue,


Captan 500, Daconil 2787 at 3tbsp per
gallon of water every 15 days for leaf spot
still occurring despite fertilizer application

CPD Technoguide No. 6


Series 2001

LEAF SPOT DISEASE


OF COCONUT

Spraying of Fungicides

Severely infected palm with leaf spot (without


fertilizer)

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:


INFORMATION

Call, write, or visit:

Palms with healthy growth and no leaf spot


(with fertilizer)

The Crop Protection Division


Davao Research Center
Philippine Coconut Authority
Bago-Oshiro, Davao City
Tel. No. (082) 293-0116
Fax No. (082) 293-0571
E-mail : pca-cpd@[Link]
pca-asd@[Link]

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