Directory of Pests and Diseases Resources

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Sites concerned with fungal, bacterial, viral and parasitic nematode diseases, and insect and other pests of bananas.

Resources in This Category

• Banana Bunchy Top Virus

  http://www.oisat.org/pests/diseases/viral/banana_bunchy_top_virus.html
  Notes on the symptoms of this disease, the conditions that favor its development and preventative control measures.

• Banana Diseases

  http://www.isppweb.org/names_banana_common.asp
  Information on the diseases that may affect bananas and their causal agents.

• Banana Root Borer: Cosmopolites sordidus

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN706
  Illustrated information on this pest, its distribution, description, life cycle, biology, hosts and management.

• Black Sigatoka

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_sigatoka
  Information from Wikipedia on this leaf spot disease of bananas caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis, which can seriously reduce the crop yield.

• List of Banana and Plantain Diseases

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banana_and_plantain_diseases
  From Wikipedia, a list of the bacterial, fungal and virus diseases and parasitic nematodes which can attack bananas and plantains.

• Red Palm Mite: Raoiella indica

  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/plant_health/content/printable_version/pa_rpm7-2007.pdf
  Information from USDA on this invasive pest of coconut palms and banana plants.

 

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