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. 
Kuthana nazo ndi kutsatsira kulima mwakasinthasintha, kugwiritsa ntchito mbewu zopilira kumatenda zomwe mayina awo ndi: Babache, Kenya, Kakoma, Semusa, Mugamba, Tainini; kukwilira ming'alu pamene mitsitsi ukufufuma komanso kukolola nthawi yoyenera. 