C/O: Macrophomina phaseolina( Rhizoctonia bataticola)

Symptoms:

• sudden wilting and death of the diseased plant resulting in
• If the infected stalk is split open, the pith is found to be disintegrated with longitudinal shredding of the tissue into
• Small black sclerotial bodies are seen in the infected
• The stalk is weak, hollow inside and break The stem, breaks near the ground level.
• Premature ripening takes place and the heads are poorly developed