Bud Rot Disease of coconut - Symptomatology Etiology and Management

Among the fungal diseases of coconut bud rot caused by Phytophthora sp. is a fatal disease causing heavy economic loss in almost all coconut growing countries. In addition to symptomatology etiology and management of the disease some new techniques developed such as simple less expensive and easy technique for isolation of Phytophthora from infected tissue in planta assay of fungicides in vivo screening of varieties and production technology of slow pesticide release cake presented in this book are of immense value to scientists teachers and other researchers. Finally the integrated disease management practices presented in detail are specific and very useful for farmers and field level workers to adopt and researchers and professionals to follow the techniques in different occasions. Thus the topics included in this book are covered supremely well by step-by-step presentation of each aspect. It is a highly valuable gift from the authors.