Main Vanilla Pests and Diseases in Hainan Province
An occurrence survey on main vanilla pests and diseases was carried out during 2008～2009 in Hainan Province.The results showed that there were nine kinds of vanilla pests and diseases,including vanilla root rot disease,vanilla Phytophthora disease,vanilla bacterial soft rot disease,vanilla virus disease,vanilla southern blight disease,vanilla Elsinoe veneta,vanilla Adoxophyes cyrtosema and Helopeltis fasciaticollis Piouys etc.Vanilla root rot disease,vanilla phytophthora disease,vanilla bacterial soft rot disease and vanilla virus disease were broader and serious.