This article is a list of diseases of date palms (Phoenix dactylifera).
Fungal diseases
Fungal diseasesBayoud (Fusariose) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinisBelaatPhytophthora sp. Bending headCeratocystis paradoxa Chalara paradoxa [anamorph] Thielaviopsis paradoxa Lasiodiplodia theobromae Botryodiplodia theobromaeBlack leaf spot Coniothyrium palmarum (Israel, India and Cyprus) Black scorchCeratocystis paradoxa Chalara paradoxa [anamorph]Diplodia disease Diplodia phoenicum Lasiodiplodia theobromae Diplodia natalensisFruit rots Alternaria spp. Aspergillus spp. Fusarium spp. Penicillium spp., etc. Graphiola leaf spot Graphiola phoenicisInflorescence rot Diplodia spp. Fusarium spp. hielaviopsis spp. KhamedjMauginiella scaettaeLeaf diebackAlternaria sp.Omphalia root rotOmphalia tralucida Omphalia pigmentataPestalotia leaf spotPestalotiopsis palmarum Pestalotia palmarumTaches brunes (brown leaf spot) Mycosphaerella tassiana Cladosporium herbarum [anamorph]Terminal bud rotCeratocystis paradoxa Chalara paradoxa [anamorph]Wilt of fruit bunchesFusarium moniliforme
Nematodes, parasitic
Nematodes, parasiticRoot knot Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne hapla Meloidogyne incognita Meloidogyne javanicaRoot lesion Pratylenchus penetrans
Insect pests
Insect pestshole excavationRhynchophorus ferrugineusseed eatingCoccotrypes dactyliperdasap sucking, sooty mould formationOmmatissus lybicus (the "Dubas bug")
Bacteria
Bacterial diseasesPink Rot of InflorescenceSerratia marcescens
References
External links Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society