WEEVIL ASSOCIATED TO GUMMOSIS IN OIL PALM (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) IN BRAZIL

Authors

  • José Inácio Lacerda Moura Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC), Itabuna, BA, Brasil.
  • Marival Lopes de Oliveira Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC), Itabuna, BA, Brasil.
  • Edna Dora Martins Newman Luz Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC), Itabuna, BA, Brasil.
  • Stela Dalva Vieira Midlej Silva Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC), Itabuna, BA, Brasil.
  • Rodrigo Souza Santos Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa Acre), Rio Branco, AC, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37856/bja.v88i2.68

Abstract

In commercial plantations of oil palm in Nazare municipality, state of Bahia, Brazil, the association of Rhinostomus barbirostris Fabricius and Ceratocystis paradoxa (Dade) C. Moreau in high number of oil palm trees showing stem bleeding symptoms was observed. The pathogen was isolated from tissues of diseased oil palm plants. To our knowledge this is the first report on the contribution of R. barbirostris to increase the severity of stem bleeding disease caused by C. paradoxa in oil palm. Control measures are suggested.

Author Biography

Rodrigo Souza Santos, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa Acre), Rio Branco, AC, Brasil.

Laboratório de Entomologia

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Published

2013-10-01

Issue

Vol. 88 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Artigos