Stalk rot caused by Erwinia chrysanthemi is one of the most destructive diseases of sorghum crop. The bacterium was isolated from infected sorghum plants collected from livestock research centre, . Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. Biochemical, physiological and morphological characterization of the isolate was done for confirmation of the bacterium species. | Biochemical physiological and morphological characterization of the bacterial isolate causing stalk rot of sorghum as Erwinia chrysanthemi