 They are grown mainly in Asia, Africa, North, South and Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe but also in Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.The pathogen thrives in warm/tropical, high humidity environments.Infection is most common when the crowns of the pineapple are detached in wet weather and then stored in heaps, but the disease may not be see until planting the following growing season.