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Crops Plantation crops Dates False smut, date, India
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June 2016. A date tree showing an insect cocoon and an orange condition on the leaves.
The bronze colour on the leaves is caused by false smut, Graphiola phoenicis. There is a fact sheet on this from the University of Florida IFAS Extension at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp140.
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