Other Plant Disease — India
A team of scientists from Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), who visited Marayur [Idukki district] following large-scale spread of a disease among coconut and areca nut trees, confirmed that it was phytoplasmas, spread by insects.
It has been identified as a major disease that could pose a threat to [coconut] cultivation in the entire region. The expert team also suggested that the only remedy is to cut the affected trees and destroy them to prevent its fast spread. The symptom of the
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