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Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Rubber



Scientific name- Hevea Brasiliensis.
Commercial cultivation started at Thattekadu(1902) in India.
Rubber Board was established by Govt of India under Rubber Act 1947.
Central office at Kottayam.
RUBCO- Kerala State Rubber Cooperative Limited.
Pink Disease in rubber caused by a fungal plant pathogen called Phanerochaete Salmonicolor.
Other rubber diseases- Birds eye spot, leaf spot, Bark canker, Black rot, Dry rot, Brown root Disease, Poria root Disease, Powdery mildew, Shoot rot & abnormal leaf fall.
1st Rubber park of India at Kochi.

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