Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dchnh. of Pctford provenance is being planted fairly widely on a commercial basis for fuclwood and other purposes in Bangladesh. In November, 1989, a disease on eucalyptus plantations was recorded at Cox’s Bazar, Kcochia and Sylhct. In July, 1990, the same disease was recorded in Sylhet and Dinajpur. Similar type of symptom of the disease was observed in all the plantations.
Among the twelve sites, the most affected plantations were at Khadimnagar and Meherghona where trees showing disease symptoms and cankers were 90% and 50% respectively. The least affected areas were Satchari and Rashidpur where 5% of the trees showed disease symptoms and cankers were formed on 2% of the trees (Table 1).