Symptoms:

• Rotting and excessive shedding of immature nuts from the trees.
• The water soaked spots initially develop at the base of the nut. Fruit stalks and rachis of inflorescence are also affected.
• Nuts show large vacuoles and dark brown radial strands.
• Very often the top of the affected trees dries up resulting in withering of leaves and bunches.
• Affected nuts fall off and show the white mycelial growth of the fungus.

Management:

• Clean cultivation
• Destruction of affected trees.
• Collection and burning of fallen nuts.
• Spray with Bordeaux mixture 1% before on set of the monsoon and second spray 40-45.

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