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Is this a Minor Pest?
Yes
Minor Pest Title
<b>Anthracnose</b> <i>Colletotrichum gloeosporioides</i>
Minor Pest Description
The disease attacks young plant tissues and can cause severe crop loss when it infects flowers, which turn black and die. Young leaves, cashew apples and nuts are similarly affected. Infected young terminal shoots die back. The disease is promoted by warm, damp conditions.
Minor Pest What to do.
- Prune dead branches and twigs and remove from the field. They constitute the principal source of infection.
- Though pesticide application on cashews is not practiced in East Africa, copper based fungicides are known to be effective against anthracnose.
Minor Pest Position
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Pest Type
fungal
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Common names;anthracnose, brown blight (of coffee and tea), tear stain, dieback (citrus), fruit rot, stem canker, black spot of fruit, ripe rot of pepper, anthracnose tear-stain (mango)
Host Plants
Cashew
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