Assessment of disease incidence of dry root rot of mungbean incited by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi.) Goid, in Telangana state

Dry root rot of mungbean incited by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi.) Goid is the prime importance in reducing crop yield. Dry root rot became a major obstacle to the growers of mungbean which can lead to significant loss in production by reducing plant populations at both seedling and adult stages. Due to the above reason a roving survey was conducted during Rabi 2022-23 in a major mungbean growing areas of Telangana State to record the occurrence and distribution of the disease. The highest disease incidence of 31.7% was recorded in Ichoda village of Adilabad district and least disease incidence of 5.3% was recorded in Pallipadu village of Khammam district of Telangana State. Maximum mean dry root rot incidence was observed in Mahabubabad district (18.9%) followed by Warangal district (18.1%). It was observed that the disease was more prevalent in sandy loam soils followed by black soils and minimum in clay soils, and the areas where the local and private varieties are being used by farmers.