12 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, India -- an International Workshop and Seminar on Phytophthora diseases in plantation crops and their control opens today at the Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam. The meeting runs from 12 to 17 September 2011.
The workshop will discuss the results of scientific studies carried out in different countries and in different crops, on Phytophthora management. Preventive and control measures developed and practised, future trends and health hazards of agrochemicals including insecticides will also be discussed in the workshop. Scientists from India and abroad will present papers in the workshop.
Phytophthora is one of the major fungi affecting agricultural crops. It causes heavy loss in crops like rubber, coconut, arecanut, cocoa etc. In rubber, diseases like abnormal leaf fall, shoot rot, bark rot etc. caused by this pathogen reduce yield by more than 30 per cent.
This is an external link and should open in a new window. If the window does not appear, please check your pop-up blocking software. ERJ is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Press release from Rubber Board
Subscribe for unlimited access. A subscription to European Rubber Journal includes:
Already a subscriber? Log in here
