Bud rot or mahali disease
Infected tissues of the bud should be scooped off and treated with Bordeaux paste
Destruction and removal of seed palms and bunches
Drenching crowns of surrounding healthy palms with 1% Bordeaux mixture
Foot rot
Affected palms have to be isolated by digging trenches all round
The severely affected palms should be cut and destroyed
The stumps should be pulled out by digging and improved the drainage
Soil drenching with 1% Bordeaux mixture
Stem breaking
Wrapping up of the green portion of the stem which are exposed to the SouthWest sun to protect against sun-scorch
Yellow leaf disease
Application of balanced nutrients with additional quantity of superphosphate
Apply 1 kg of lime/tree/year
Apply organic manures @ 12 kg/ tree/year
Leaf spot
Foliar spray with 1% bordeaux mixture or mancozeb @ 0.2 %