Diseases of Fruit Plantation Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

Root and Foot rot

Root & Foot rot

Causal organism : Corticium solani
Symptoms

• On leaves brownish black discoloration. Then completely affected leaves detached from the stem.
• On root it colonizes and rotting of the roots is the final symptom
• It also colonizes and causes foot rot
Aetiology

• Septate mycelia, sclerotial bodies are vegetative stage asexual spore are mycelial strands, sexual spores are besidiospores
Epidemiology

• Cool weather, Temperature 18-22oC,Relative Humidity 75-90%, optimum soil moisture.
• Primary Sources of Inaculam: Sclerotial bodies present in debris.
• Secondry Sources of Inaculam: Mycelial strands, Basidiospores.
Management

• Affected debris destruction
• Summer ploughing
• Crop rotation
• Soil sterilization
• Biological agent
• Carbendizim 0.1% or Mancozeb 0.25% as soil drenching.