Melting Out

A continued development of Leaf spot, which causes damage to the base of the surface vegetation. It affects the leaf sheath at the plant's crown (called the crown rot phase) where leaves originate from, and it can also develop to its root (called the root-rot phase). The infected parts turn a yellow brown, may be darkened and moist in appearance, along with the presence of white fungal spore deposits. A range of fungal genera cause the symptoms shown by Melting out.