CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH ON THE STEM BLEEDING DISEASE OF COCONUT IN INDIA

Abstract

Stem bleeding disease of coconut was reported from India in 1922 by Sundaraman. Earlier Petch (1906) had reported the disease from Sri Lanka. Now the disease is known to occur in many coconut growing countries (Ohler, 1984).

Keywords

• stem bleeding disease
• symptoms
• coconut growing