Cylindrocladium Root Rot of Nutmeg in South India. M. U. Rahman, Mycology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Calicut University, 673635, Kerala, India. K. V. Sankaran, K. M. Leelavathy, and S. Zachariah, Mycology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Calicut University, 673635, Kerala, India. Plant Dis. 65:514-515. Copyright 1981 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-65-514.

A new root rot disease of nutmeg was observed in Calicut, Kerala, India. The causal organism was identified as Cylindrocladium camelliae.