Fusarium wilt

Disease● highStage 5: Maturing and Ripening Phase

SYMPTOMS

The first symptoms of the disease become apparent only when the plant has grown for about 4-5 months. Then gradual yellowing and drying of foliage, shrinkage/withering of canes. If the affected canes are cut and examined, the pith will be Light to dark purplish or brown discolouration of ground tissue, pithiness and boat shaped cavities in the middle of the internodes. A characteristic disagreeable odour is also associated with this disease. Often a cottony white mycelium is seen in the pith