• Leaf blight causes serious damage in seedlings, leaves and nuts of adult palms.
• Generally the adult leaves in the outer whorls are affected.
• The affected leaflets start drying from the tip downwards and exhibit a charred or burnt appearance.
• Dark grey to brown lesions with wavy to undulated margins appear from the apex of the nuts.
• The fungus entered in to the kernel through mesocarp, resulting in a decay of the endosperm.
• The affected nuts were desiccated, shrunken, deformed and dropped prematurely and resulting in nut yield loss up to 10 to 25%.
• The incidence was noticed throughout the year and maximum incidence was observed during summer months.
• Spores and the resting structures on the affected portion of the leaves served as inoculum for further spread through wind.

• Remove and burn the severely affected leaves to avoid further spread.

Biological method

• Application of 200g Pseudomonas fluorescens along with 50 kg of FYM+ 5 kg of Neemcake/ palm/ year.

Chemical method

• Spray 1.0 per cent Bordeaux mixture or 0.25 percent Copper oxychloride (2 times at 45 days interval during summer months).
• Root feeding of Carbendazim 2 g or Hexaconazole/ Tridemorph 2 ml + 100 ml water (3 times at 3 months interval).