Management

Fruiting bodies of the fungus and the dead stump and roots should be collected and burnt.
Improving drainage facilities, avoiding dense planting of palms and adoption of clean cultivation of gardens help in checking the disease.
The fungus infects many plant trees including avenue trees and such host trees should be avoided in the vicinity of the areca garden.
The spread of the disease to neighboring trees can be prevented by digging deep renches all round the affected palm and applying sulpher. Use drip irrigation during summer.