One of the most serious diseases of E.
tereticornis is canker caused by fungus, Corticium salmonicolour known as pink
disease. Other fungal pathogens known to cause damage include, Ganaderma
lucidium, Endothia gyrosa and Cylindrocladium spp. Cylindrocladium clavatum has
been recorded to cause seed rot, seedling blight and seedling wilt of E.
tereticornis in Punjab. Other potentially serious diseases are web blight
(Rhizoctonia solani) in the nursery and stem canker caused by Cryphonectria and
Cytospora eucalyptiocola which can cause heavy mortality.
Among
insects, ceranbycis beetle, Celstems scabrator is reported to attack young
plants in plantations. Subterranean termites are reported to damage seedlings
and young plants of the species.
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