Symptoms

• In infected plants, basal portion of the shoots appear watery and soft.
• The root system is very much reduced
• The leaves exhibit gradual drying along the margin
• Infected rhizomes soft, rotted, color changes into different shades of brown

Management

• Use disease free planting material
• Providing good drainage facilities
• Rhizome dip in copper oxy chloride or zineb (0.3%) for 30 minutes before planting
• Soil drenching with copper oxy chloride (0.25%) in and around affected plants
• Soil application of Pseudomonas fluorescens talc formulation (2.5 kg/ha)