Rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, and then death of plant tissues.
Blackening of the stem, decay of leaf axils and leaf blight.
In the humid tropics, high rainfall coupled with year-round high temperatures increases the severity and spread of bacterial blight disease.
Management
The most effective control measure for bacterial blight disease is the use of resistant cultivars.
Spray a mixture of turmeric powder and sodium bi-carbonate in the proportion 10:1 (2 gram/litre of water) at weekly interval from the initiation of the disease.
In severe cases spray Streptocycline (0.5 gram/litre of water).
