Causal organisms, occurrence, symptoms and control measures are briefly described for 2 nursery diseases (web blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani; and seedling wilt caused by Fusarium solani) and 3 plantation diseases (dieback caused by Botryodiplodia theobromae and Phomopsis mendax; and partial bacterial wilt caused by Pseudomonas sp.).

Jyoti Kumar Sharma

Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering

K Sankaran V

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