Marble Like Palms Disease

Note the two canary island date palms in the small blog picture.

Marble like palms disease.

The first symptom of infection is the withering and drooping of older fronds. It is easily spread by wind blown spores and. It is one of the hereditary causes of osteosclerosis. The conks are the give away clue that it has ganoderma butt rot disease.

Something is killing florida s palm trees. The disease that afflicts these trees lethal bronzing has a name similar to the color it turns diseased leaves a brown that slowly. Osteopetrosis literally stone bone also known as marble bone disease or albers schönberg disease is an extremely rare inherited disorder whereby the bones harden becoming denser in contrast to more prevalent conditions like osteoporosis in which the bones become less dense and more brittle or osteomalacia in which the bones soften. Osteopetrosis can cause bones to dissolve and break.

A bacteria spread by the planthopper insect causes lethal yellowing of palms. This disease is caused by the fungus ganoderma zonatum which can infect many types of palms. It is frequently found on queen palms areca palms canary island date palms and all other palms to a certain degree. It can kill palm trees.

The condition affects a layer of tissue that lies under the skin of your palm. Ganoderma root butt rot. Something is killing florida s palm trees. Fronds collapse and droop parallel to the trunk.

Knots of tissue form under the skin eventually creating a thick cord that can pull one or more fingers into a bent position. However little is known about the environmental conditions that encourage the condition. There is no cure. Ganodera palm disease also called ganoderma butt rot is a white rot fungus that causes palm tree trunk diseases.

The disease that afflicts these trees lethal bronzing has a name similar to the color it turns diseased leaves a brown that slowly. Dupuytren s du pwe tranz contracture is a hand deformity that usually develops over years. The bayoud disease attacks mature and young palms alike as well as offshoots at their base saaidi 1979. For some background all palms as well as cycads and other palm like plants are susceptible to ganoderma butt rot a fatal disease with no known cure.

This disease has been observed in a wide range of palms including coconut palms cocos nucifera chinese fan palm livistona chinensisa windmill palm trachycarpus fortunei and the canary island date palm phoenix canariensis among others.