All India Co-ordinated Sorghum Improvement, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Bijapur-586 101, India.
Charcoal rot of sorghum is most catastrophic disease in rabi. In this paper the aspects on economic importance, epidemiology, variability of the pathogen, disease management as holistic approach and future thrust areas in the management of charcoal rot of rabi sorghum in a total approach are covered.