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Charcoal Rot : Macrophomina phaseolina

Symptom
  • Charcoal rot is of economic importance particularly in the arid areas.
  • The most common symptom of the disease, under field conditions is the sudden wilting of plants, usually after pollination.
  • Early symptoms are not visible on infected plants, but they become weak, mature early and when dry, show a presence of black ashy discolouration of the stem.
  • Black microsclerotia are formed in huge number on the affected portion.
  • Sometimes the disease causes seedling blight, damping off, root rot or basal stem rot.

Management

  • Soil application of P. fluorescens or T. viride – 2.5 Kg / ha + 50 Kg of well decomposed FYM or sand at 30 days after sowing.
  • Spot drenching with Carbendazim @ 1 g/ litre
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