IN Hirethota, a village near Thirthahalli, Mysore State, a serious disease of areca palms has been rampant for the past fifty years. Locally the disease goes by the name 'hidimundige', which literally ...

Areca growers spread over Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru districts, areas of traditional areca cultivation, are worried over the fall in yield due to kole roga, or fruit rot disease, affecting the ...