CE Airede

Potential Weed Species as Alternate Hosts of Insect Vectors of the Lethal Yellowing Disease (LYD) of Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera L.) in Nigeria

EI Eziashi, IB Omamor, NO Aisueni, CI Aisagbonhi, CE Airede, CE Ikuenobe, CD Ataga, EA Oruade-Dimaro, JO Odewale & IJ Osagie · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2013

Weed species examined as alternate hosts implicated Panicum maximum Jacq as the most abundant host of vector insects of the lethal yellowing disease (LYD) of coconut palms. Ten weed species out of the 19 examined hosted leaf hoppers Cicadellidae and plant hoppers Flugoroidea. The...