Economic Significance of Palm Tree Viroids

The ongoing epidemic of the lethal cadang-cadang disease in the Philippines, caused by coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd), has killed around 40 million (Mn) coconut palms over the last century. A survey in 2012–13 showed that the boundary of cadang-cadang distribution has not expanded markedly ove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vadamalai, Ganesan, Rodriguez, Judith, Randles, J. W.
Format: Book Section
Published: Elsevier Inc 2017