Expert Advisory Details

Prevention of Gummosis and Canker Disease of Citrus

Citrus: In citrus, remove the dead wood during January-February i.e. before the new growth starts to rejuvenate the declining orchards after harvest. Apply Bordeaux paste to cut ends and trunk of the trees followed by Bordeaux paint after one week. Spray the crop with Bordeaux mixture (2: 2: 250). Treat foot rot/gummosis and canker in citrus by decortications and disinfection of wound on the trunk with Bordeaux paste. After the paste dries up in about a week, apply Bordeaux mixture (2: 2: 250). The dead, diseased, criss-crossed and unwanted branches from the bearing citrus trees should also be removed during this month soon after the harvest of fruit crops. Spray Bordeaux mixture immediately.