• The fungus attacks all aerial parts and at any stage of plant growth.
• Symptoms are circular, black, sunken spots with dark center and bright red orange margins on leaves and pods.
• In severe infections, the affected parts wither off.
• Seedlings get blighted due to infection soon after seed germination.
• The pathogen survives on seed and plant debris
• Disease spreads in the field through air-borne conidia.
• The disease is more sever in cool and wet seasons.

Management

• Seed treatment with Carbendazim 2g/kg
• Remove and destruct plant debris
• Spray Mancozeb 2g/lit or Carbendazim 0.5g/lit.