Occurs mostly in West Texas. Compost or sterilize gin trash if it is being used as mulch. Knots or galls occur on smaller roots limiting the development of the root system. Do not plant stock that is infected. Sterilize soil if plants must be planted in infested areas.
Infected plants die suddenly.
Roots may be covered with buff brown strands of fungal growth. Do not replant roses in the same area without soil sterilization. Roses are susceptible to several virus diseases, none of which can be controlled in an infected plant. Some patterns may appear to be rather artistic. It appears to be spread from plant to plant only by graft transmission.