Identification Symptoms

  • Water soaked spots appear at the collar region of the pseudo stem and progresses both side upwards and downwards.
  • The first conspicuous symptom is mild drooping and curling of leaf margins of the lower leaves which spread upwards.
  • Yellowing starts from the lowermost leaves and gradually progresses to the upper leaves.
  • In the advanced stage, severe yellowing and wilting symptoms occurs.
  • The vascular tissues of the affected pseudo stems show dark streaks.
  • The affected pseudo stem and rhizome when pressed gently extrudes milky ooze from the vascular strands. Ultimately rhizomes get rotted.