Confusion is particularly common in Latin America, between Crown Disease, a disorder, and Bud Rot, a disease complex. The symptomatology is sometimes similar, so a careful examination is needed, because their impacts differ considerably.

Crown disease, also called “young palm disease” is a reversible genetic disorder that mostly occurs at the young age. There is no pathogen involved in its appearance. The Bud Rot (BR) disease complex has destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of plantations in Latin America, which is the only continent affected.

Ask for our Technical Brief “Arco defoliado y Pudrición del cogollo (PC)” to help you differentiate this disease and this disorder by emailing us at: palmelit@palmelit.com. Today, this technical brief is only available in Spanish.