Diseases of Fruit Plantation Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

Pink disease of Jack fruit

Causal organism: Botryobasidium salmonicolaor & Corticium Salmonicolor
Symptoms


• It is widespread in tropical and subtropical areas.
• Disease appears as a pinkish powdery coating on the stem.
• Pink colour represents profuse conidial production of fungus.
• Young woody branches of the affected trees lose their leaves & show die back symptoms. Pink encrustation is seen on the lower shaded side.

Management


The affected branches should be pruned and cut ends should be pasted with Bordeaux paste or Copper Oxychloride paste.