THE CAUSE AND TREATMENT OF DURIAN PSYLLIDS

Growing durian is a complex and unpredictable business. There are increasing pressures from climate change and limitation of manpower, and also lack of farm management knowledge among farmers to achieve satisfactory yields.

Durian farmers across Southeast Asia are faced with dieback disease.

Many factors, including weather, nutrients, pathogens and pests, can predispose the trees to the disease. Only if we can find out the exact cause of infection, we can then combat the diseases on