| 5475219 |
excessive water uptake |
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Trunk splitting caused by excessive water uptake. |
| 5475250 |
herbicides (general) |
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Metolachlor injury on Coccothrinax sp. Note branching in this normally single-stemmed species. |
| 5475246 |
herbicides (general) |
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Metsulfuron injury. Damage became visible about 7 months following application to the soil. |
| 5475244 |
herbicides (general) |
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Glyphosate injury on Phoenix roebelenii. Note that the palm has since grown out of the injury. |
| 5475248 |
herbicides (general) |
|
Oryzalin plus oxyfluorfen injury on Chamaedorea elegans. |
| 5475327 |
water stress |
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Collapsed and twisted trunk of water-stressed Roystonea regia. |
| 5475329 |
wind |
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Broken leaves in Bismarckia nobilis caused by high winds. |
| 5475308 |
West Indian cane weevil |
Metamasius hemipterus |
Feeding damage caused by larvae of Metamasius hemipterus on spindle palm. |
| 5475307 |
royal palm bug |
Xylastodoris luteolus |
Severe damage caused by royal palm bug. |
| 5475295 |
potassium deficiency |
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Late stage potassium deficiency in coconut palm showing chlorotic, necrotic new leaves and tapered trunk. This palm died shortly after this photo was taken. |
| 5475271 |
manganese deficiency |
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Severe Mn deficiency symptoms on Syagrus romanzoffiana with only necrotic petiole stubs emerging. |
| 5475262 |
magnesium deficiency |
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Older leaf of Phoenix canariensis showing Mg deficiency symptoms towards the leaf base and K deficiency symptoms towards the leaf tip. |
| 5475257 |
lightning |
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Trunk splitting in Phoenix canariensis caused by lightning. |
| 5475253 |
iron deficiency |
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Severe Fe deficiency on queen palm seedling (left). Normal palm on right for comparision. |
| 5475235 |
spear leaf decay |
Gliocladium vermoesenii |
Pink spore mass of Gliocladium vermoeseni (Nalanthamala vermoeseni) on palm leaf base. |
| 5475212 |
boron deficiency |
|
Zigzag shaped leaflet tips ("hookleaf") in coconut is caused by a mild and temporary boron deficiency. |
| 5475211 |
boron deficiency |
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Crumpled ("accordion-leaf") young leaves caused by a chronic and severe boron deficiency. Note that the youngest leaf is emerging normally, indicating that this palm is recovering. |
| 5475209 |
boron deficiency |
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Severe epinasty in Roystonea regia caused by chronic boron deficiency. |
| 5475207 |
boron deficiency |
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Leaf truncation in coconut caused by periodic temporary boron deficiency. This pattern was the result of heavy rainfall events approximately every 10 days during the development of the leaf in the center. |
| 5475203 |
boron deficiency |
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Branching in queen palm caused by boron deficiency. |
| 5475197 |
banana moth |
Opogona sacchari |
Damage caused by banana moth larvae on adult coconut palm. |
| 5475196 |
banana moth |
Opogona sacchari |
Damage caused by banana moth larvae in Wodyetia bifurcata. |
| 1879001 |
Chinese tallowtree |
Triadica sebifera |
bark of mature tree and green leaves |
| 5438890 |
alligatorweed flea beetle |
Agasicles hygrophila |
Host: Alligator weed |
| 5438891 |
alligatorweed flea beetle |
Agasicles hygrophila |
Host: Alligator weed
Note cavity in the 5th abdominal sternite. |
| 5344015 |
air-potato |
Dioscorea bulbifera |
|
| 5349038 |
carrotwood |
Cupaniopsis anacardioides |
|
| 5429839 |
royal palm bug |
Xylastodoris luteolus |
|
| 0002011 |
meristem-sucking thrips |
Pseudophilothrips ichini |
on young shoot |
| 2308004 |
wetland nightshade |
Solanum tampicense |
Stems and leaves with recurved prickles |
| 1879014 |
Chinese tallowtree |
Triadica sebifera |
|
| 4387068 |
tropical soda apple |
Solanum viarum |
|
| 5431830 |
yellowstriped armyworm |
Spodoptera ornithogalli |
|
| 5431846 |
garden armyworm |
Spodoptera latifascia |
|
| 3694001 |
chinaberry |
Melia azedarach |
|
| 5349035 |
coral ardisia |
Ardisia crenata |
|
| 5429780 |
bacterial black stalk |
Erwinia spp. |
CVP culture showing pitting (convex cultures) that are significant for pectolytic Erwinia spp. |
| 5344033 |
waterhyacinth |
Eichhornia crassipes |
|
| 5344031 |
waterhyacinth |
Eichhornia crassipes |
|
| 1624037 |
tropical soda apple |
Solanum viarum |
Thorny nightshade from Argentina, first appeared in the United States in pastures and rangelands in Glades County, Florida, in 1988. Mottled green fruits that look like small watermelons are a distinguising feature of the plant. |
| 5349037 |
coco yam, wild taro |
Colocasia esculenta |
|
| 5422033 |
Japanese climbing fern |
Lygodium japonicum |
|
| 5421986 |
Japanese climbing fern |
Lygodium japonicum |
In May |
| 5124097 |
lobate lac scale |
Paratachardina pseudolobata |
|
| 0002142 |
wetland nightshade |
Solanum tampicense |
stems and leaves with recurved prickles |
| 0725079 |
American palm cixiid |
Myndus crudus |
Adult of Myndus crudus. |
| 5135029 |
cycad aulacaspis scale |
Aulacaspis yasumatsui |
females (large scales) and males (elongate fluted scales) as seen on cycad host plants |
| 5135031 |
cycad aulacaspis scale |
Aulacaspis yasumatsui |
The orange color of the eggs and also the females helps distinguish this species from Pseudaulacapis cockerelli (Cooley), which is somewhat similar, infests cycads and other plants, but is yellow rather than orange |
| 5135033 |
cycad aulacaspis scale |
Aulacaspis yasumatsui |
female with large scale removed. The orange color of the eggs and also the females helps distinguish this species from Pseudaulacapis cockerelli (Cooley), which is somewhat similar, infests cycads and other plants, but is yellow rather than orange |
| 5124099 |
lobate lac scale |
Paratachardina pseudolobata |
mature females with smaller second instars |
| 0725064 |
palm lethal yellowing |
Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae PLY |
Early stage symptoms of palm lethal yellowing phytoplasma in Phoenix dactylifera cv. Medjool. |
| 5124093 |
lobate lac scale |
Paratachardina pseudolobata |
four first instar crawler nymphs |
| 5124094 |
lobate lac scale |
Paratachardina pseudolobata |
close-up of first instar crawler nymph |
| 5124095 |
lobate lac scale |
Paratachardina pseudolobata |
first instar crawler nymph |
| 5124096 |
lobate lac scale |
Paratachardina pseudolobata |
three first instar crawler nymphs and one empty exuvia |
| 5104061 |
Mexican bromeliad weevil |
Metamasius callizona |
|
| 3694002 |
chinaberry |
Melia azedarach |
|
| 2721071 |
bark beetles |
|
galleries of Dendroctonus frontalis, Dendroctonus terebrans, Ips avulsus, Ips grandicollis, Ips calligraphus(upper left to lower right) |
| 0795091 |
eastern pine weevil |
Pissodes nemorensis |
chip cocoons on slash pine |
