• Pod - greenish color turning brown, and the infected tissues fully covered with mycelia
• Internally, immature seeds and placenta were infected and the diseased tissues were light brown to black
• Externally, mycelia tend to be fluffy and lighter in color, forming a large number of dark sclerotia on the fruit surface

• The fungi 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

Management :

• Plant debris from previous crops should be removed before planting
• Quintozene – sprayed in the soil before sowing-effective control