TNAU Agritech Portal :: Crop Protection

Post Harvest Diseases:: Vegetables:: Garlic

Pink rot: Pyrenochaeta terrestis

Symptom:

Roots are affected and they turn pink or reddish and sometimes darken to a red or purple colour
Black spores form on the diseased roots which eventually shrivel and die


	Red colour roots	Black spores on roots

Identifcation of Pathogen:

Management:

Source of Images:
http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/vegetable/garlic/leaveswilt.html