Leaf spot disease in arecanut: Field demonstrations on disease management to complete a year in June

With leafage spot illness successful arecanut plantations remaining a large interest for growers, the three-year tract demonstrations launched by 2 premier authorities institutes successful Karnataka to usher farmers connected however to negociate the illness by adopting bundle of practices volition implicit a twelvemonth this June.

The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod, Kerala, and Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (KSNUAHS), Shivamogga, took up tract demonstrations covering 125 acres (50 hectares) of plantations successful Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Shivamogga, and Chikkamagaluru districts since June, 2025. The plantations are successful 10 taluks of the 4 districts.

The CPCRI is conducting the demonstrations successful 25 acres covering 21 farmers’ gardens astatine Nadugallu and Chanila successful Sullia taluk and Kadirudyavara successful Belthangady taluk successful Dakshina Kannada. Similarly, the demonstrations are successful advancement successful implicit 25 acres successful Sirsi and Siddapur taluks of Uttara Kannada.