Course Content
Cultivation practices of Apricot( Prunus armeniaca)
0/4
Cultivation practices of Kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa)
0/3
Learn Fruit and Plantation Crop Production with Rahul

Fungal diseases of banana

  1. Panama wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.cubense)
  • Yellowing of leaf blades, leaves wither and petiole breaks or buckles and hang around the pseudostem.
  • Longitudinal splitting of pseudo stem and subsequent death of entire plant.

Management :

  • Removal of infected plants and application of lime @ 2kg/pit and leave it fallow for 6 months
  • Growing resistant varieties like Dwarf Cavendish, Poovan and Nendran
  • Crop rotation with paddy in wet land cultivation
  • Capsule application of 50-60mg of carbendazim applied to the hole made at an angle of 45 degree diagonally in the diseases corm.

The origin and current situation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense  tropical race 4 in Israel and the Middle East | Scientific Reports

  1. Sigatoka leaf spot disease – (Mycosphaerella musicola)
  • Yellowish green streaks appear along the veins which later on enlarge into elongated/cylindrical spots.
  • Several spots join together and cause drying of the leaves.

Mycosphaerella musicola (Sigatoka disease of banana) | CABI Compendium

Management

  • Spray copper oxy chloride or carbendazim @ 500g/ha
  • Avoid close planting

 

Scroll to Top