More arecanut plantations report diseases

Farmers have reported more cases of bud rot and crown rot diseases prevalent in arecanut plantations in Puttur and Bantwal taluks in addition to such incidences reported from Kadaba and Moodbidri talu

Farmers have reported more cases of bud rot and crown rot diseases prevalent in arecanut plantations in Puttur and Bantwal taluks in addition to such incidences reported from Kadaba and Moodbidri taluks in Dakshina Kannada a few days ago. A scientist at the Vitla Regional Station of the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) Bhavishya told The Hindu that after media threw light on the diseases in an arecanut garden at Perabe village in Kadaba taluk, more farmers from Puttur and Bantwal have informed him about the diseases prevailing in their plantations. The scientist, who is among a three-member team of CPCRI scientists that visited one of the affected plantations in Kadaba taluk on Tuesday last, said that the diseases, including fruit rot, could be prevalent in more number of plantations. But farmers have not reported them yet.