<p></p><p>More than 3,500ha of cashew trees had been inflicted with disease and pests due to hot, dry and foggy weather in southern Dong Nai Province, reported the provincial Plant Protection Department.</p> <p>The cashews had been afflicted by a number of problems, including than thu – a disease caused by the Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides fungus, and infestations of stink bugs and thrips palmi bugs.<br></p><p></p>