Symptoms

• Minor fungal disease of sporadic nature.
• Whitish fungal threads traverse along the stem and spreads to petioles, leaves and spikes (Image1).
• Infected leaves and stems dry up.
• Dried up leaves hang in the infected bush and gives a blighted appearance (Image2).

Control Measures

• Collect and destroy all severely affected stem and hanging leaves , along with the mycelial threads.
• Spray 1% Bordeaux mixture, twice at 3-4 weeks interval.