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Bud-Rot is an epidemic disease in the Philippines 
and the West Indies, but no epidemic has been 
reported in Malaya. The cause of Bud-Rot in the 
Philippines is said to be the fungus Phytophthora 
faberi: in India and the West Indies, Phytophthora 
palmivora. Observations in Malaya suggest that 
more investigation is necessary before a definite 
cause can be assigned. Inoculations on oil palms 
and coconut palms with both the above mentioned 
species of Phytophthora have, so far, proved un- 
successful in Malaya. 
Pestalozzia palmarum. 
This fungus is present wherever coconut palms 
are grown in Malaya. Healthy palms suffer little 
damage although the fungus may be growing on the 
leaves, but if the palms are growing under adverse 
conditions a serious set-back is often caused. Large 
portions of the leaf tissue are killed and the fruit- 
bodies of the fungus appear as minute, black eleva- 
tions about the size of a pin’s head, in the dead leaf 
tissue. The fungus also attacks the African oil palm. 
Helminthosporium incurvatum. 
The fungus — Helminthosporium incurvatum is not 
commonly found attacking palms in Malaya, but 
on two occasions has caused some trouble. The 
attacked palm-leaves generally present a scorched 
appearance and, if the blackened portions are care- 
fully scraped, the hyphae and typical spores of 
the fungus are found. This fungus has also been 
observed on African oil palms. 
Many other interesting diseases of coconut palms 
have been noted but not investigated. The above 
mentioned diseases of the coconut palm are often 
found attacking the African oil palm. A peculiar 
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