Assessment of the spatial distribution and risk associated with fruit rot disease in Areca catechu L.

• Main Authors: Balanagouda, Patil, Sridhara, Shankarappa, Shil, Sandip, Hegde, Vinayaka, Naik, Manjunatha K., Narayanaswamy, Hanumappa, Balasundram, Siva Kumar
• Format: Article
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96091/; https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/7/10/797

Phytophthora meadii (McRae) is a hemibiotrophic oomycete fungus that infects tender nuts, growing buds, and crown regions, resulting in fruit, bud, and crown rot diseases in arecanut (Areca catechu L.), respectively. Among them, fruit rot disease (FRD) causes serious economic losses that are borne b...