Nambiar, K.K.N.Edison, S.Radhakrishnan Nair, R.2014-06-302014-06-301971The Andhra Agric. J., 18(1) 1971, p.1-7http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3499Arecanuts (Areca catechu L.) are damaged by fungi during the course of processing on the drying yard or later in storage rendering the nuts unsuitable for chewing. The damage due to fungal infection in processed nuts was beyond 60 per cent. There was no incipient fungal infection at any stage of development of the nut. On the other hand the nuts contracted fungal infection from the soil at the time of harvesting and also from the drying yard, The majority of infection took place during the initial days of sun-drying.enArticle