Assessmenttime after inoculation Score Description Treatments
1. Foliar symptoms(every week until 98 days) 0 Healthy leaves (no disease symptom) T8, T16 and T21
1 one to two leaves infected T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15 and T21
2 Two to three leaves infected T1,T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15,T17, T18, T19, T20, T22,T23…T31.
3 Three to four leaves infected T1,T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14,T15,T17,T18, T19, T20, T22, T23, T31.
4 Four to five leavesinfected T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15, T17, T18, T19, T20, T22, T23…T31
5 Five leaves infected T1,T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T17,T18, T19, T20, T22, T23, T31.
2. Stem base symptoms(84- 98 days) 0 Stem base free from mycelium andsclerotia  T8, T16 and T21
1 Mycelium and sclerotia absent on stem base T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15, T17, T18, T19, T20, T22, T23…T31.
2 Mycelium present, sclerotia absent on stem base T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T11, T12,T13, T14, T15, T17, T18, T19, T20, T22, T23….T31
3 Mycelium andsclerotia present on stem base T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T18, T19, T20, T22,.T31
4 Mycelium absent, sclerotia present on stem base T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T18, T19, T20, T22, T23.
5 Only sclerotia present on stem base T2, T3, T4, T5, and T6.
3. Bulb rot symptoms (126 days) 0 Healthy stem base and bulbs T8, T16 and T21
1 Mycelium present, sclerotia absent on bulbs T1,T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14
2 Mycelium absent, sclerotia present on bulbs T2, T3, T4, T5, T19, T20, T22… T30.
3 Mycelium and sclerotia present on bulbs T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T18, T19, T20, T22, T23…T31
4 Only mycelium presents on all bulbs T1,T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15, T17, T18, T19,T20, T22, T23, T31
5 Only sclerotia present on all bulbs T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T20, T23, T24 T25, T26, T27, T28, T29 and T31
Table 1: Assessment of foliar, stem base and bulb rot symptoms observed in different treatments.