Colletotrichum blight

Dried-up plants in the field Lesions on the pods and seeds

General Information: caused by Colletotrichum dematium. Seed and soil borne disease. Fatal in the early sown. (September) crop when the temperatures are high (25 - 300C).Normally does not occur in post-rainy-season crop, except under unusual rains.     Symptoms : Dried-up and killed plants scattered in the field . On seedlings: (1) elongated, sunken, dark brown spots on the lower part of the stem, (2) wilting and drying due to severe infection. On leaves and pods , lesions are circular to elongate, sunken at the center.    Control : A minor disease and does not require any specific control measure.