A serious foliar disease exacerbated by certain environmental conditions.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ashanti Region
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
6.7 -1.5
Verbatim locality:
Eastern and Ashanti Region
Verbatim collector:
Emmanuellah Lekete
Standardised collector:
Emmanuellah Lekete
Collectors reference no.:
ELOP.db.K37B1 and Ins* (Gp. 1B)
Verbatim date:
01 Jul 2017
Start date:
2017-07-01
Country:
Ghana
Culture flags
Price Category:
Category 2
MPI:
Restricted Culture
Culture notes
Characterised as:
The fungi were identified based on morphological characteristics and confirmed with the proof of pathogenicity test using principles.
Pathogenic to:
Oil palm seedlings.
Avirulent to:
coconut seedlings
Other Details:
5 different fungi suspected to be causal agents of Dieback disease (new disease on oil palm) were identified and confirmed based on the morphological identification, the isolates are suspected to be of different genera but closely related. The isolates were identified from 22 oil palm plot/plantation and were grouped into 5 groups. Group one-B (Gp.1B) consist of isolates from palm plot: "K37B1, K28B1 and Ins*"
Ins* - representing diebac kisolates from collection of dead insects (leaf miners) found on oil palm plants.
Growth Conditions:
7 days on PDA and/or Oat meal agar at 28oC +/- 1oC.
Substrate: Insect body, PDA, Oatmeal Agar, Millet, Sorghum, Sawdust, Rice husk.
External links
Literature:
[Unpublished] First report on etiology and severity of "Die-Back" disease on oil palm in Ashanti and Eastern Regions of Ghana, 6th Quadrennial Internationl Oil Palm Conference, 2018 at the Santika Premier Dyandra Hotel & Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Culture events
Deposited:
Actioned by:
Emmanuellah Lekete
Date:
04 February 2019 (Verbatim: 04 Feb 2019)
Isolated:
Actioned by:
Emmanuellah Lekete (Reference number ELOP.db.K37B1 and Ins* (Gp 1B))