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Prevalence of basal stem rot (BSR) disease of coconut in coastal and inland districts of Tamil Nadu

Volume : 92
Issue: Jul-sep
Pages: 427 - 430
Published: August 09, 2023
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Abstract


Field survey on the incidence of Basal Stem Rot (BSR) disease of coconut was conducted in eleven coastal districts viz., Thiruvallur, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Tuticorin, Kanyakumari and Chengalpattu and in nine inland districts viz., Madurai, Dindigul, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri of Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu, the district-wise incidence of BSR disease in coconut ranged from 0.11 to 5.43 per cent with a mean incidence of 2.06 per cent. The incidence of BSR ranged from 1.06 to 5.43 per cent with a mean incidence of 3.64 per cent in the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu. In the inland districts, the incidence of BSR ranged from 0.11 to 2.15 per cent with a mean incidence of 0.30 per cent only

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


Basal stem rot Coconut Incidence Crop loss
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