Pink disease (C.O: Botryobasidium salmonicolaor and Corticium salmonicolor)

Symptoms

• Disease appears as cobwebbing of mycelium followed by a pinkish powdery coating on the stem.
• Pink colour represents profuse conidial production of fungus.
• Young woody branches of the affected trees lose their leaves and show die back symptoms.
• Pink encrustation is seen on the lower shaded side.

Management

• The affected branches should be pruned off along with healthy tissues and destroyed.
• The cut ends should be pasted with Bordeaux paste or Copper oxychloride 50 WP paste (10 g/litre of water).