Symptoms

• Water soaked spots appear at the collar region of the pseudostem and progresses upwards and downwards.
• The first conspicuous symptom is mild drooping and curling of leaf margins of the lower leaves which spreads upwards
• Yellowing starts from the lowermost leaves and gradually progresses to the upper leaves. In the advanced stage, the plants exhibit severe yellowing and wilting symptoms.
• The vascular tissues of the affected pseudostems show dark streaks. The affected pseudostem and rhizome when pressed gently extrudes milky ooze from the vascular strands.