Mechanical Control
Mechanical control of charcoal rot is possible with following measures.
1. Field sanitation and crop rotation
2. Charcoal rot can be minimized by maintaining moist soils, especially during dry periods after tasselling by providing copious irrigation.
3. Apply balanced fertilizer doses and avoid high doses of N, apply optimum level of potash,
4. Plant population should be kept at a lower level, i.e., upto 50-60 thousand plants per hectare.
5. Crop rotation with paddy or sesamum.
6. Soil application of organic amendment and green manuring.