Diseases of Fruit Plantation Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

Flat limb

Causal organism: Botryodiploidia theobromae

• In young stems instead of normal growth flattening takes place as a result of infection. On this flattened stem small sized leaves with small petioles can be seen.
• This is a sporadic disease. In plant 1 or 2 branches in whole plantation, 1 or 2 plants are affected.
Management

• Cut the infected stems and burn. Treat cut portion with COC (0.3%) paste to avoid dieback