The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod, has issued an advisory to farmers to control ‘kole roga’ (fruit rot disease) in arecanut (Supari) plantations.
This year, ‘koleroga’ is quite rampant in a few places due to incessant rains.
It is the most dreaded disease occurring in all regions receiving heavy rainfall.
It is caused by a fungus Phytophthora areeae.
It was first recorded i;n the erstwhile Mysore State during the first decade of this century.
