Phytophthora palmivora

Phytophthora palmivora
	Mycelium associated with snail or slug feeding and bird feeding injury to papaya near Kainaliu, Hawaiʻi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Class:	Oomycetes
Order:	Peronosporales
Family:	Peronosporaceae
Genus:	Phytophthora
Species:	P. palmivora
Binomial name
	Phytophthora palmivora; Butler
Synonyms
	Kawakamia carica Hara; Phytophthora arecae (L.C.Coleman) Pethybr.; Phytophthora cactorum var. arecae (L.C.Coleman) Sacc. & Trotter; Phytophthora carica (Hara) Hori; Phytophthora carica (Hara) Hori ex K.Sawada; Phytophthora faberi Maubl.; Phytophthora heveae A.W.Thomps.; Phytophthora omnivora var. arecae L.C.Coleman; Phytophthora palmivora var. heterocystica Babacauh, 1983; Phytophthora palmivora var. heveae (A.W.Thomps.) Orellana; Phytophthora palmivora var. palmivora (E.J.Butler) E.J.Butler, 1919; Phytophthora palmivora var. piperis H.R.A.Muller, 1936; Phytophthora palmivora var. theobromae (L.C.Coleman) Orellana; Phytophthora parasitica var. parasitica Dastur, 1913; Phytophthora parasitica var. sesami Prasad, 1957; Phytophthora theobromae L.C.Coleman; Pythium palmivorum E.J.Butler;

Phytophthora palmivora is an oomycete that causes bud-rot of palms, fruit-rot or kole-roga of coconut and areca nut. These are among the most serious diseases caused by fungi and moulds in South India. Outbreaks occur almost every year in Malnad, Mysore, North & South Kanara, Malabar and other areas. Similar diseases of palms are also known to occur in Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and Sumatra. The causative organism was first identified as P. palmivora by Edwin John Butler in 1917.