If the crop is grown strictly for fiber, all the residues may be used for energy and mulch. Biotic Factors Being a leguminous plant, sunnhemp is cross-fertilized by bees. Myrothecium roridum, Nematospora coryli, Penicillium wottmanni, Periconia epiphylla, Phyllosticta crotalariae, Sclerotium rolfsii, Sphaerella crotalariae, Synchytrium phaseoli-radiati, Thielaviopsis basicola, Uromyces decoratus. Bacillus megatharium, Pseudomonas cyamopsicola, Ps. Striga asiatica, S. hermonthica, and S. lutea are parasitic on sunnhemp.
Black beetles are serious pest in Rhodesia.
Pod borers lower seed production. Ditylenchus sp . Trichodorus sp . The wealth of India. Jadhav, B., Tekale, N.S., and Joshi, R.N. 1979.