Open AccessCURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH ON THE STEM BLEEDING DISEASE OF COCONUT IN INDIA
Author(s) -
Kkn Nambiar,
Rohini Iyer
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cord. coconut research and development/cord
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2721-8856
pISSN - 0215-1162
DOI - 10.37833/cord.v7i02.250
Subject(s) - sri lanka , disease , medicine , south asia , pathology , ancient history , history
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).