List of banana and plantain diseases
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This article is a list of diseases of bananas and plantains (Musa spp.).
Contents |
[edit] Bacterial diseases
| Bacterial diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Bacterial wilt | Pseudomonas solanacearum (race 1) |
| Blood disease | Pseudomas spp. |
| Bugtok | Pseudomonas solanacearum (race 2) |
| Finger tip rot (gumming) | Pseudomas spp. |
| Rhizome rot | Erwinia carotovora Erwinia chrysanthemi |
| Javanese vasular wilt | Pseudomas spp. |
[edit] Fungal diseases
| Fungal diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum musae |
| Armillaria corn rot | Armillaria mellea
Armillaria tabescens |
[edit] Fungal diseases
| Fungal diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum musae |
| Armillaria corn rot | Armillaria mellea Armillaria tabescens |
| Black cross | Phyllachora musicola |
| Black leaf streak (black sigatoka) | Mycosphaerella fijiensis Paracercospora fijiensis [anamorph] |
| Black root rot | Rosellinia bunodes |
| Brown blotch | Pestalotiopsis leprogena |
| Brown spot | Cercospora hayi |
| Ceratocystis fruit rot | Ceratocystis paradoxa Chalara paradoxa [anamorph] |
| Cigar-end | Verticillium theobromae Trachysphaera fructigena |
| Cladosporium speckle | Cladosporium musae |
| Corm dry rot | Junghuhnia vincta |
| Cordana leaf spot | Cordana johnstonii Cordana musae |
| Crown rot | Fusarium pallidoroseum Colletotrichum musae |
| Cylindrocladium root rot | Cylindrocladium spp. |
| Damping-off | Deightoniella torulosa |
| Deightoniella fruit speckle, leaf spot and tip rot | Deightoniella torulosa |
| Diamond spot | Cercospora hayi
Fusarium spp. |
| Dwarf Cavendish tip rot | Nattrassia mangiferae = Hendersonula toruloidea |
| Eyespot | Dreschslera gigantea |
| Fruit freckle (freckle) | Guignardia musae Phyllosticta musarum [anamorph] |
| Fruit rot | Botryosphaeria ribis |
| Fungal root-rot | Fusarium solani Nectria haematococca [teleomorph] |
| Fungal scald | Colletotrichum musae |
| Fusarium wilt (Panama disease) | Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense |
| Leaf rust | Uredo musae
Uromyces musae |
| Leaf speckle | Acrodontium simplex |
| Leaf spot | Curvularia eragrostidis |
| Leaf spot | Drechslera musae-sapientum |
| Leaf spot | Leptosphaeria musarum |
| Leaf spot | Pestalotiopsis disseminata |
| Main stalk rot | Ceratocystis paradoxa |
| Malayan leaf spot | Haplobasidion musae |
| Marasmiellus rot | Marasmiellus inoderma = Marasmius semiustus |
| Moko | Pseudomonas solanacearum (race 2) |
| Peduncle rot | Lasiodiplodia theobromae Fusarium pallidoroseum |
| Pestalotiopsis leaf spot | Pestalotiopsis palmarum |
| Phaeoseptoria leaf spot | Phaeoseptoria musae |
| Pitting | Pyricularia grisea |
| Pseudostem heart rot | Fusarium moniliforme Gibberella fujikuroi [teleomorph] |
| Root & rhizome rot | Cylindrocarpon musae |
| Sclerotinia fruit rot | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum |
| Sheath rot | Nectria foliicola Mycosphaerella musicola |
| Sooty mold | Limacinula tenuis |
| Speckle | Mycosphaerella musae |
| Squirter (black end disease) | Nigrospora sphaerica |
| Stem-end rot | Colletotrichum musae |
| Trachysphaera finger rot | Trachysphaera frutigena |
| Tropical speckle | Ramichloridium musae = Veronaea musae = Periconiella musae |
| Verticillium tip rot | Verticillium theobromae |
[edit] Viral diseases
| Viral diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Bract mosaic | Banana bract mosaic virus |
| Bunchy top | Banana bunchy top virus |
| Mosaic | Cucumber mosaic virus |
| Sigatoka | (yellow sigatoka) |
| Streak | Banana streak virus |
[edit] Nematodes, parasitic
| Nematodes, parasitic |
|
|---|---|
| Nematode root rot (burrowing nematode) | Radopholus similis |
| Root-knot | Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne incognita |
| Root-lesion | Pratylenchus coffeae Pratylenchus goodeyi |
| Spiral nematode root damage | Helicotylenchus multicinctus Helicotylenchus dihystera |
[edit] Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
| Miscellaneous diseases and disorders |
|
|---|---|
| Alligator skin | Light abrasions on fruit peel caused by leaves or bracts |
| Blue disease | Magnesium deficiency |
| Choke | Low winter temperatures |
| Dwarfism | Genetic mutation |
| Elephantiasis | Unknown cause |
| Fruit chimera | Genetic mutation |
| Fused fingers | Genetic defect |
| Giantism | Genetic mutation |
| Heart leaf unfurling disorder | Unknown cause |
| High mat | Unknown cause |
| Leaf edge chlorosis | Unknown cause |
| Maturity bronzing | Unknown cause |
| Rayadilla | Zinc deficiency |
| Rosetting | Nitrogen deficiency |
| Roxana | Unknown cause |
| Spike leaf | Low winter temperatures |
| Split peel | Rapid filling of pulp of fruit |
| Taiwan marginal scorch | Unknown cause |
| Underpeel discolouration | Chilling injury to fruit |
| Yellow mat | Unknown cause |
| Yellow pulp | Delay in fruit filling, drought, excessive shading, magnesium deficiency, poor nutrition |
| Yellows | Lack of water |
