| Crop |
Jack Fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) |
| Disease |
Pink Disease |
| Pathogen |
Pellicularia salmonicolor (Erythricium salmonicolor, Corticium salminicolor) |
| Group |
Basidiomycota |
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- Affects young branches and pinkish outgrowth are seen on the surface.
- Further penetrates bark and grows inside and subsequently enters the cortex.
- Due to interuption of flow of nutrients, leaves become yellow.
- The bark splits and peals off. If the infection in not recognized early the tree dies after the rainy season.
| Pathogen |
Pellicularia salmonicolor (Erythricium salmonicolor, Corticium salminicolor) |
| Mycelium |
Hyaline, septate, branched, with rapidly spreading hyphae and produce pink-salmon colour when exposed to shaded natural light. |
| Asexual reproduction |
Conidia : Small, hyaline, oval or irregular in shape. |
| Sexual reproduction |
SEXUAL : SEXUALC |
| Reproductive Structures |
| Mode |
Spore |
Fruiting Body |
| Asexual reproduction |
NO INFO. |
NO INFO. |
| Sexual reproduction |
NO INFO. |
NO INFO. |
| Favorable Conditions |
FAV |
| Primary spread |
PRISPRD |
| Secondary spread |
SECSPRD |
| Collateral Hosts |
COHOST |
- Affected parts should be pasted with Bordeaux paste or painting tar.
- Copper fungicides should not be used in rubber because they will contaminate the latex.
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