Symptoms

• Symptoms can appear on tender and matured leaves. Large circular, irregular, water soaked spots with black colour appear on leaves.
• The exposed portion of the unopened leaves my rot.
• Grey patches of irregular spots with brown margin are formed at the base of the leaf sheath.
• The basal portion rots and the pseudo stem break away at the collar region.
• The infection spreads to the underground plants and the rhizomes become rots.
• Small light brown lesions appear in the green tender fruits which fall of in 3-6 days leaving the small fruit stalk. The tip of inflorescence also rot.