• Small, black, circular specks on the skin- sunken & coalesce to form large spots.
• Bright salmon-coloured conidial mass appears on the spots.
• Severely infected fruits become dark due to blemishes.
• Acervuli also develop on the skin and the pulp becomes partially soft.
• Non-latent infection usually starts during or after the harvest of bunches in small peel wounds and it continues to develop without a dormant period.
• Many latent infections at the time of harvest show large number of appressoria on the surface of the peel.
• The spread of the disease is by air-borne conidia and numerous insects which frequently visit banana flowers also spread the disease.
• Temp.30 to 35°C and RH- 85.7 -100 %

Dark brown patches on immature fruits	Fruit turns black and shrivel	Whole bunch turns black

Management

• Post harvest dipping of fruits in Carbendazim 400 ppm, or Benomyl 1000 ppm, or Aureofunginsol 100 ppm.