• Dark brown water-soaked decay on the side of the fruit in contact with the soil
• Followed by a yellowish-brown discolouration of the fruit surface
• Entire fruit rot within few days

• Produces pycnidia and sclerotia
• Pycnidiospores - hyaline, single celled, ovate to ellipsoid

Mode of spread and survival

• R. solani overwinters in soils as mycelia on plant debris and as dark brown sclerotia that remain in soil for long periods

• Pre-harvest sprays of the fungicides- Azoxystrobin, Chlorothalonil,Thiophanate-methyl
• Holding the fruit at 10°C (50°F) will retard disease development during transit and storage