Bud rot: Phytophthora arecae

Symptoms:

• The first symptom is the change of spindle leaf colour from green to yellow and then brown.
• The leaves rot and the growing bud rots causing death of the palm.
• The affected young leaf whorl can be easily pulled off.
• The outer leaves also become yellow and droop off one by one leaving a bare stem.

Green to yellow spindle	Rotten leaves	Bud rot	Outer leaves becomes yellow

Management:

• Destruction and removal of dead palms and bunches affected by mahali disease and drenching crowns with Bordeaux mixture 1% including surrounding healthy palms.

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