Banana bunchy top : Virus disease

Symptoms: Plants are extremely stunted, Leaves are reduced in size and chlorotic, Leaves stand, upright and become brittle, Many leaves are crowded at the top, Dark broken bands of green tissues on the veins, leaves and petioles and Produce white shooting due to later infection

Spread: The disease is transmitted primarily by infected suckers and Secondary spread is through the aphid vector Pentalonia nigronervosa var typica.

Management: Select suckers from disease free areas, Spraying dimethoate 500ml or monocrotophos 250ml/ha to control the vectors and Infected plants destroyed in situ using 4ml of 2, 4, D (50g in 400 ml of water) solution.