At the outset, I express my deep sense of gratitude to esteemed members of the Indian Phytopathological Society for nominating me for the prestigious Prof. M.S. Pavgi Memorial Lecture Award for the year 2010. I am grateful to my eminent teachers likeProf. K. Ramakrishnan, Prof. R.K. Hegde and Prof. H.C. Govindu who remained a source of inspiration throughout my career. India is considered as 'The land of spices' and enjoys from time immemorial an unique position in the production and export of ginger. This crop is cultivated for its underground rhizomes, which are used in many ways, such as flavoring agent, a preservative, in pickling and as oil in soft drinks. Among the major constraints for growing this crop is the rhizome rot disease. Even though important foliar diseases do exist in this crop, rhizome rot is very important in view of soil borne nature of the pathogen and severe crop losses caused. It occurs in all the ginger growing areas of the country.
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