Control is by practicing crop rotation, use of resistant varieties namely: Yoyera, Babache, Kenya, Kakoma, Semusa, Mugamba, Tainoni, filling cracks when the roots start bulking, and timely harvesting
njira yopewera ndi kupanga ulimi wakasinthasinthan ndipogwiritsa ntchito mbewu zololela monga; Yoyera, Babache, Kenya, Kakoma, Semusa, Mugamba, Tainoni, kukwilira ming'alu pamene mbatata zayamba kuphuka komanso kukolola nthawi yabwino