Agricultural crops :: Fruits :: Banana diseases
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| Bunchy Top:Banana bunchy top virus |
Symptom:
- Initially, dark green streaks appears in the veins of lower portion of the leaf midrib and the leaf stem
- They appear to be “bunched” at the top of the plant, the symptom for which this disease is named.
- Severely infected banana plants usually will not fruit, but if fruit is produced, the banana hands and fingers are likely to be distorted and twisted.
- It is transmitted by infected suckers and banana aphid
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Bunchy Top Symptoms |
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Bunchy Top Symptoms |
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Use virus free planting materials
Remove and rouging of infected banana plants
Maintain clean, weed free field for early detection of infested suckers
The plants should be injected with 4 ml of Fernoxone solution(50g in 400 ml of water)
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