PLATE 4 
Coconut budrot produced by inoculation of healthy tree with Phytophthora strain 
from coconut. 
A. —Longitudinal section of diseased tree shown in Plate 3, A, showing typical rot 
of region about growing point and in lower part of bud. 
B. —Diseased tree, on right, and healthy control tree, on left, 15 to 16 months after 
inoculation. At time of inoculation both trees were of approximately the same age 
and height. The stunting of the infected tree is clearly shown. 
