Identification Symptoms

  • The disease is characterized by reddish brown spots which blight the leaves.
  • Later black crusty appearance will form which is little hard.
  • Phomopsis palmicola var.arecae as been reported as the causal organism for leaf blight of seedlings at transplanting stage. This leads to stunted growth. Causal organism: Pestalotiopsis palmarum (Cooke), Phomopsis palmicola var. arecae