椰子在印度南部和东部的农业经济中占有重要位置,它为上述两地区数十万小农园主提供了生活来源,并有数百万工人受雇于椰衣纤维、椰油、椰子酒及其他椰子工艺。印度对椰子的研究始于1916年,但只是在三十年代后才获得较显著的进展,四十年(1936—1976)来共发表科学论文1,400篇以上。印度椰树的病害种类较多,可能在20种以上,但以根病(萎蔫)、芽腐、叶腐及茎部流汁病较为重要。椰子致死黄化病尚未 Coconut plays an important role in the agricultural economy in southern and eastern India. It provides a source of income for hundreds of thousands of small farmers in the above two regions and millions of workers are employed in coconut fiber, coconut oil, coconuts and others Coconut craft. India’s coconut research began in 1916, but only after the 1930s made more significant progress, forty years (1936-1976) to publish a total of more than 1,400 scientific papers. There are more kinds of coconut diseases in India, which may be more than 20 species, but root disease (wilting), bud rot, leaf rot and stem juice are more important. Coconut died yellow disease has not yet