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IPM Strategies for Banana 

Banana Pests 

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<h3>Pests of National Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect pests</h4>
<ul>
<li>Banana rhizome weevil: Cosmopolitus sordidus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)</li>
<li>Banana stem weevil: Odoiporus longicollis Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)</li>
<li>Banana leaf eating caterpiller: Spodoptera litura Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)</li>
<li>Banana aphid: Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphididae)</li>
<li>Banana thrips: 
<ul>
<li>Rust thrips: Cheatanophothrips signipennis Bagnall (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)</li>
<li>Leaf thrips: Helionothrips kadaliphilus Ramak (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)</li>
<li>Flower thrips: Thrips florum Schumtz (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)</li>
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<li>Banana leaf and fruit scarring beetle: Nodostoma (Basilepta) subcostatum Jac. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)</li>
<li>Banana lacewing bug: Stephanitis typicus Distant (Hemiptera: Tingidae)</li>
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<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Panama wilt: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (E.F.Sm.) W.C.Snyder &amp; H.N. Hansen</li>
<li>Mycosphaerella leaf spot: 
<ul>
<li>Yellow sigatoka: Mycosphaerella musicola R. Leach ex J.L. Mulder</li>
<li>Black sigatoka: Mycosphaerella fi jiensis Morelet</li>
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<li>Anthracnose: Colletrotrichum musae Green &amp; Goos, Gloeosporium musarum Cke. &amp; Massee</li>
<li>Tip rot or bacterial soft rot: Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Edward</li>
<li>Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD): Bunchy top virus or Banana virus - 1 or Musa virus–1</li>
<li>Banana bract mosaic virus: Banana bract mosaic virus (BBMV; potyvirus)</li>
<li>Banana streak disease (BSV): Banana streak virus (Badna virus)</li>
<li>Infectious chlorosis: Cucumber mosaic virus (Cucumovirus)</li>
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<h4>Weeds</h4>
Broad leaf 
<ul>
<li>Spiny pigweed: Amaranthus spinosus L. (Amaranthaceae)</li>
<li>Slender pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)</li>
<li>Carrot weed: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)</li>
<li>Common purslane: Portulaca olaracea L. (Portulacaceae)</li>
<li>Tridax daisy: Tridax procumbens L. (Asteraceae)</li>
<li>Spurge: Euphorbia hirta L., E. geniculata, Ortega (Euphorbiaceae)</li>
<li>Knotweed: Polygonum plebeium R.Br. (Polygonaceae)</li>
<li>Touch me not weed: Mimosa pudica L. (Mimosaceae)</li>
</ul>
Grasses 
<ul>
<li>Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers (Poaceae)</li>
<li>Crab grass: Digitaria sanguinalis L. Scop (Poaceae)</li>
<li>Indian goosegrass: Eleusine indica L. Gaetrn (Poaceae)</li>
</ul>
Sedges 
<ul>
<li>Purple nut sedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)</li>
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<h3>Pests of Regional Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect pests</h4>
<ul>
<li>Hard scale: Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)</li>
<li>Fruit fly: Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae) (Karnataka)</li>
<li>Bag worm: Kophene cuprea Moore. (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)</li>
<li>Banana scab moth: Nacoleia octasema Meyr (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (Uttar Pradesh)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Cigar end rot: Verticillium theobromae (Turconi) E.W. Mason &amp; S. Hughes (Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala)</li>
<li>Finger tip or black tip rots: Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. (Karnataka, Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nematodes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Burrowing nematode: Radopholus similis Cobb. (Manipur, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Goa, Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar  Pradesh)</li>
<li>Root-lesion nematode: Pratylenchus coff eae Zimmerman. (Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu)</li>
<li>Spiral nematode: Helicotylenchus multicinctus Cobb (Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra)</li>
<li>Root knot nematode: Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid &amp; White) Chitwood (Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh)</li>
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<h3 style="float: left; ">IPM for Banana</h3>
To know the IPM practices for Banana, <a class="internal-link" target="_blank" href="http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-fruit-crops/ipm-strategies-for-banana/crop-stage-wise-ipm">click here.</a>
Source: <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Banana.pdf" target="_blank" title="niphm.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)">NIPHM</a> and <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://ppqs.gov.in/" target="_blank" title="ppqs.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)">Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine &amp; Storage</a>
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