Immature fruit split, fruit rot and fruit drop are serious in a majority of nutmeg gardens in Kerala.
Symptoms
1) Immature fruit splitting and shedding.
2) Dark lesions in pedicel which gradually spreads to the fruit, causing brown discolouration of the rind resulting in rotting.
3) The mace rots emitting a foul smell in advanced stages.
Species infecting Nutmeg
Designed and Developed by: Alias E., Shaji A., M. Anandaraj and S.J. Eapen, Bioinformatics Centre, IISR, Calicut.
