• Anthracnose Stalk Rot
• Gibberella Stalk Rot
• Fusarium Stalk Rot
• Diplodia Stalk Rot
• Pythium Stalk Rot

Stalk Rots

Anthracnose Stalk Rot

1. Anthracnose at base of stalk	2. brown to black shiny areas or streaks	3. brown to black areas or streaks
4. rotted pith	5. rotted pith

Gibberella Stalk Rot

1. Gibberella stalk rot

2. pink to reddish colour

3. shredded piths

4. black spots are easy to scrape off

Fusarium Stalk Rot

1. light brown to black lesions near nodes

2. salmon pink growth in pith

3. Fusarium stalk rot

Diplodia Stalk Rot

1. Diplodia stalk rot

2. pycnidia hard to scrape off

Pythium Stalk Rot

1. Pythium lesions

2. decay at first internode

3. infected tissue has wet look