Management of die back disease of cashew in coastal Karnataka region

Abstract

The cashew belongs to the family Anacardiaceae and is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew seed (nut) and the cashew apple. The cashew is originally native to north-eastern Brazil. The cashew nut, often simply called a cashew, is widely grown as a hardy crop. Mainly cashew is affected by major fungal disease die back casuses nearly 70 per cent of yield loss. From studies it is confirmed that Spraying with Triazoles group of fungicides like Hexaconazole, Propiconazole and Difenconazole 25% EC @ 0.1% twice @ 25 days intervalrecorded least percent disease incidence and play very important role in management of the disease.