Bananas and Food Security - Bioversity International

Asie - Pacifique / Asia - Pacific : P. Viswanath et al.
Table 5. Major banana pests, diseases, nematodes and their control measures.
Name of disease
Pests
Scientific name Control measures
Aphids Pentalonia nigronervosa Demecron 15 ml/100 l water
Scales
Fungal
Planococcus citri Supracide 40 150 ml/100 l water
Sigatoka Mycosphaerella musicola Bravo 500 3g/l water, Polyram combi
80 WP 3g\lit, Dithane M 45 3g/l water,
Polyrom combi 80 WP 3g/l water
Cigar end rot Verticillium theobromae Trimiltoxy forte 3g/l water
Anthracnose Glomerella cingulata Ditahane M 45 3g/l, Dithane M 45 3g/l
Fruit rot Erwinia, Rhizopus Trimiltox forte 3g/l
Post harvest
fruit rot
Bacterial
Colletotrichum ssp. Thiabendazole 3g/l water
Moko disease
Viral diseases
Pseudomonas solanacearum (1) Use of disinfected tools (2) Proper
cultural practices (3) Use of healthy
suckers
Cucumber (1) Use of resistant varieties
mosaic virus
Aucuba
(2) Healthy suckers
Nematodes Helicotylenchus multicinctus Fenamiphos 10% granules or
Radopholus similis Ethoprophas 10% granules
Meloidogyne incognita
M. javanica
Tylenchorynchus coffeae
@ 12-15 gm/plant or 40-50 gm/stool
Nematodes
Plant parasitic nematodes are of serious concern in banana plantations. The infected
plants produce undersized bunches and fingers which may be attributed to impaired
physiology of the infected roots which absorb insufficient water and nutrients thereby
reducing the vigour and growth of the plants, resulting in poor yield. Das Gupta and Gaur
(1986) have made similar observations.
Nematodes on the Batinah coast
Four pathogenic nematodes were reported on banana on the Batinah coast (Waller et al.
1978). Mani et al. (1991) reported that M. incognita and M. javanica were the
predominant populations and were present at all the centres (Table 6). M. incognita was
the most frequently occurring species and was encountered in 60% of the samples
collected from Quriyat, Seeb, Barka, Rustaq, Musanah, Suweiq, Saham, Kaubourah and
Liwa. The severity was highest at Saham. M. javanica was found in association with
M. incognita in only 35% of the samples and was prevalent at the Quriyat, Barka, Rustaq,
Suweiq, Saham, and Liwa centres. But its population was at more than ETL only in 5% of
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