Symptoms

• Stunting and yellowing of plants
• Leaves become yellowish and wilt on hot days.
• Club like swelling of root and root lets
• Club root is particularly prevalent on soils with a pH below 7, whereas it has been observed that the disease is often less serious on heavy soils and on soils containing little organic matter.

Management

• Soil fumigation with Methly bromide 1kg/10m 2  followed by covering with plastic film.
• Seed treatment with Captan/Thiram 4g/kg, followed by T.viride 4g/kg.
• Application of lime 2.5 t/ha.
• Soil drenching with Copper oxychloride 0.25%.