Identification Symptoms
1. The disease
is primarily spread through soil borne inoculum under ill drained conditions.
2. The fungus infects the sets mainly through
the cut ends and slowly spreads to the entire parenchyma tour tissues.
3 Sett rot infected sets fail to germinate leaving lot of gaps in the field.
4. during the early stage, of rolling fruity odor of pine apple is emitted due to production of ethyl acetate and it helps in identifying the disease.