The paper describes the diseases of bamboos in nurseries and plantations raised in the campus of IRMDFR, Jorhat. The symptomatology, etiology and control measures of 4 diseases of bamboo, viz. Branch necrosis and tip die-back of Bambusa bambos and die-back of Dendrocalamus strictus caused by Fusarium spp. and Bipolaris leaf blight of D. hamiltonii are highlighted.
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