Tubers of elephant foot yam are prone to several post harvest diseases due to high moisture content
Besides damaging the seed tubers, pathogen affecting tubers may also reduce sprouting.
Post harvest rotting of elephant foot yam is generally confined to outer surface at certain places on the tuber, but over a period, the pathogen penetrates deep inside the tuber leading to rotting and blackening of tubers in patches.
Infection slowly spreads to entire tuber leading to total loss of the infected tubers.
Management
Select tubers from healthy plants
Dip the planting materials in Trichoderma – cow dung slurry. (5g Trichoderma/ kg cowdung)
Soil application of Trichoderma enriched cow dung (1 kg/pit)
