Management

  • Early identification and eradication.
  • Use healthy planting materials.
  • Antibiotics like tetracycline and its formulations are effective as prophylactic and curative treatments at 500 ppm concentration.
  • Stem injection of antibiotics has longer residual effect than foliar spray. Streptocycline 0.05% or copper oxychloride 0.3% spray can also be given.