{"id":452,"date":"2015-11-18T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/?page_id=452"},"modified":"2016-03-05T11:54:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T06:24:22","slug":"banana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/crop-compendium\/banana\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-tabs\">\n<h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Pest Control<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-716\" src=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/infobase\/uploads\/2016\/02\/banana.png\" alt=\"banana\" width=\"67\" height=\"47\" \/><\/strong><\/span><strong>Corm weevil:\u00a0<\/strong>Apply lindane 1.3% 20 g\/plant or Carbaryl 10-20 g\/plant in the soil around the stem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Stem weevil (Odoiporus longicollis):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Remove dried leaves periodically and keep the plantation clean. Prune the suckers every month. Spray Monocrotophos 36 WSC @ 1 ml\/lit of water.<\/li>\n<li>Alternatively, dilute 54 ml of Monocrotophos 36 WSC with 350 ml of water and inject 4 ml (2 ml at 45 cm from the ground level another 2 ml 150 cm from the ground level) in the pseudostem at monthly interval from 5th to 8th month.<\/li>\n<li>Do not dump infected materials in the manure pit. Infected trees should be uprooted, chopped into pieces and burnt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Banana aphid:\u00a0<\/strong>The pest is the vector for Bunchy top virus disease. Spray any one of the following systemic insecticides to control it. <a href=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/crop-protection\/insecticides\/phosphamidon\/\">Phosphamidon<\/a> 2 ml\/lit or Methyl demeton 2 ml\/lit or Monocrotophos 1 ml\/lit or Dimethoate 30 EC 2 ml\/lit. The spray may be directed towards crown and pseudostem base upto ground level at 21 days interval atleast thrice. Injection of Monocrotophos 36 WSC 1ml\/plant (1 ml diluted in 4 ml of water) at 45 days interval from the 3rd month till flowering is very effective. Use Banana injector devised by the TNAU. Avoid injection of Monocrotophos after flowering,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/crop-protection\/insects\/thrips\/\">Thrips<\/a> and Lace wing bugs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spray Methyl Demeton 20 EC @ 2 ml\/lit or Monocrotophos 36 WSC @ 1 ml\/lit or <a href=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/crop-protection\/insecticides\/phosphamidon\/\">Phosphamidon<\/a> 40 SL @ 2ml\/lit<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Nematode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pre-treat the suckers with 40 g Carbofuran 3G. If pre-treatment is not done, apply 40g of Carbofuran around each plant one month after planting (refer selection and pre-treatment for alternate technology) or pare and dip the corm in 0.75% Monocrotophos solution, shade dry and plant. Then grow Sunhemp after 45th day and incorporate one month later. Press mud application @ 15 t per ha one month after planting and neem cake 1.5 t per ha one month after planting will also control the nematode infestation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Disease Control<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.62;\">Sigatoka leaf spot:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remove affected leaves and burn. Spray any one of the following fungicides commencing from November at monthly interval. Carbendazim 1 g\/lit., Benomyl 1 g\/lit., Mancozeb 2 g\/lit., Copper oxychloride 2.5 g\/lit., Ziram 2 ml\/lit, Chlorothalonil 2 g\/lit. Alternation of fungicides for every spray prevents fungicidal resistance. Always add 5 ml of wetting agent like Sandovit, Triton AE, Teepol etc. per 10 lit of spray fluid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Anthracnose:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spray copper oxychloride 0.25% or Bordeaux mixture 1% or chlorothaloail 0.2% or Carbendazim 0.1%. Post harvest dipping of fruits in Carbendazim 400 ppm, or Benomyl 1000 ppm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bunchy-top:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Banana Aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa is the vector of Bunchy-top virus disease. Spray Phosphamidon 1 ml\/lit or Methyl Demeton 2 ml\/lit or Monocrotophos 1 ml\/lit to control it. The sprays may be directed towards crown and pseudostem base upto ground level at 21 days interval atleast thrice. Injection of Monocrotophos 36 WSC 1 ml\/plant (1 ml diluted in 4 ml of water) at 45 days interval from the 3rd month till flowering is very effective. Use Banana Injector devised by the TNAU. Avoid injection of Monocrotophos after flowering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>To prevent the Bunchy Top:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Use virus-free suckers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paring and pralinage:<\/strong> Pare the corm and sprinkle 40 g of Carbofuran 3 G over the Corm (Before sprinkling, corm should be dipped in mud slurry).<\/li>\n<li>Destroy virus affected plants. Insert a gelatin capsule containing 200 mg Fernoxone (2,4 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c D) into the corm 7 cm deep using capsule applicator or inject 5 ml Fernoxone solution (125 gm\/lit of water) into the pseudostem by using the injection gun. The plant collapses and topples in 3-5 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Panama Disease:<\/strong> Uproot and destroy severely affected plants. Apply lime at 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 2 kg in the pits after removal of the affected plants. In the field, Panama wilt disease can be prevented by corm injection methods. A small portion of soil is removed to expose the upper portion of the corm. An oblique hole at 45 degree angle is made to a depth of 10 cm. Immediately, a gelatin capsule containing 60 mg of <a href=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/crop-protection\/fungicides\/carbendazim\/\">Carbendazim<\/a> or 3 ml of 2% Carbendazim solution or capsule application for 50mg of Pseudomonas fluorescens is injected into the hole with the help of corm injector on 2nd, 4th and 6th month after planting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fusarium wilt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Varieties Poovan, Robusta, Moongil show resistancedr<\/li>\n<li>Rasthali, Monthan, Karpooravalli susceptible to the disease<\/li>\n<li>Flood fallowing the infected fields<\/li>\n<li>Raise paddy for one season to suppress the pathogen<\/li>\n<li>Nematodes predispose the pathogen, paring and Paralinage with Carbofuran 40g \/ rhizome and 10 g of P.fluoroscens<\/li>\n<li>Removal of infected trees and application of lime @1-2 Kg\/pit.<\/li>\n<li>Capsule application of Carbendazim or P.fluoroscens @ 60 mg\/capsule\/tree on 2nd, 4th and 6th month after planting. The capsule is applied in the corm by making a hole of 10 cm depth at 45 degre Corm injection with 3 ml of 2% <a href=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/crop-protection\/fungicides\/carbendazim\/\">Carbendazim<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Spot drench with Carbendazim 0.1%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Disorders<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bunchy Top:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bunchy top affected plants should be:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Use virus-free suckers<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paring and pralinage: Pare the corm and sprinkle 40 g of Carbofuran 3 G over the Corm (Before sprinkling, corm should be dipped in mud slurry).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Destroy virus affected plants.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Insert a gelatin capsule containing 200 mg Fernoxone (2,4-D) into the corm 7 cm deep using capsule applicator or inject 5 ml Fernoxone solution (125 gm\/lit of water) into the pseudostem by using the injection gun. The plant collapses and topples in 3-5 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corm weevil:\u00a0Apply lindane 1.3% 20 g\/plant or Carbaryl 10-20 g\/plant in the soil around the stem. Stem weevil (Odoiporus longicollis): Remove dried leaves periodically and keep the plantation clean. Prune the suckers every month. Spray Monocrotophos 36 WSC @ 1 ml\/lit of water. 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