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Pestalotiopsis palmarum

Fungal Diseases of Crops

Pestalotiopsis palmarum is the causative agent of a fungal disease of bananas, coconut and date palms, causing leaf spots, petiole and rachis blights and sometimes bud rot of palms. Unlike most other leaf spot and blight diseases, which infect only the leaf blade or the leaf petiole, it attacks all parts of the leaf from the base to the tip. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Pestalotiopsis palmarum
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Banana, Crops
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Coconut, Crops
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Date Palm, Crops
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1. Pestalotiopsis palmarum (Wikipedia)
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    Pestalotiopsis palmarum is the causative agent of a fungal disease of bananas, coconut and date palms, causing leaf spots, petiole and rachis blights and sometimes bud rot of palms.
  • Article text
    Fungicides are also available for managing the disease, but alone will not solve the problem.
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