Wilt: Fusarium uduum

Local name: seedi roga/sorgu roga

Damaging systems:

• Sudden drooping of leaves.
• Purple band extending upwards from the base of the main stem.
• When the stem is split open Browning or blackening of the xylem is seen when the main stem or primary branches are split open
• After 45 to60 days after sowing, the disease infested field drying of plants. It will be more at the time of flowering stage.

Management:

Cultural practices:

• Maruti (ICP 8863) or asha can tolerate this disease.
• Crop rotation with sorghum or castor, intercropping or mixed cropping with sorghum to reduce the infestaion.
• At the time of harvesting disease plants uproot and destroyed it.
• Deep ploughing operation
• Crop rotation with cereals crops once in 2 to 3 years

Chemical control:

• Seed treatment with 4 g Trichoderma viride formulation + 3g thiram per kg of seed and application of 2 kg of the formulation per acre mixed with FYM help in managing the disease