Young larvae feed by scrapping the leaves from ventral surface Later on feed voraciously at night on the foliage. Larva: Pale greenish or brown with dark marking Adult: Yellow and purplish spots in the sub marginal areas. Fore wings have wavy white markings, h

Symptoms of damage Caterpillar scraping the chlorophyll content and windowing in unfurled leaves. Identification of pest Larva: Black with brown head having long brown hairs Adult: Grey coloured with dark spots on the pinkish hind wings Management Collect and

Symptoms of damage Rusty reddish discolouration on the fingers Yellowing of leaves and rusty growth over fruit Identification of pest Eggs: Eggs are laid either at stem or undersurface of the fruit Larvae: Are wingless, whitish in colour resembling adult lice

Symptoms of damage Grubs bore into the rhizome and cause death of the plant Presence of dark coloured tunnels in the rhizomes. Death of unopened pipe, withering of outer leaves. Grubs bore into the rhizome and cause death of the plant Presence of dark coloured

Grubs bore into the rhizome and cause death of the plant Presence of dark coloured tunnels in the rhizomes. Death of unopened pipe, withering of outer leaves. Identification of pest Nymphs: Yellow colour nymphs found on the under surface Adult: Yellow colour w

Leaves are bunched into a rosette appearance, stunted growth and leaf margins are wavy with upward rolling Do not produce bunches Vector of bunchy top disease Seen in colonies on leaf axils and pseudostem Identification of pest Nymphs: Are dark in colour Adult

Grub bore into pseudostem making tunnels Cutting holes on outer surface Exudation of plant sap-initial symptom and blackened mass comes out from the bore hole Tunneled part decomposes and pseudostem wilts. Identification of pest Eggs: Laid at random on cut end

Symptoms of damage Grubs bore into the rhizome and cause death of the plant Presence of dark coloured tunnels in the rhizomes. Death of unopened pipe, withering of outer leaves. Grubs bore into the rhizome and cause death of the plant Presence of dark coloured

Leaves show ellipthical spots where the centre of these spots turns to light grey colour surrounded by yellow halo The spots often coalesce to form large irregular patches of dried tissue Rapid drying and defoliation of leaves are the characteristic feature of

Externally, the first obvious signs of disease in most varieties are wilting and a light yellow colouring of the lower leaves, most prominent around the margins. They eventually turn a bright yellow colour with dead leaf margins. Splitting of pseudostem base i

The disease is characterized by the presence of typical mosaic-like or discontinuous linear streaking in bands extending from margin to midrib. Rolling of leaf margins, twisting and bunching of leaves at the crown and a rigid erectness in newly emerged leaves

This disease is more pronounced on young suckers leading to rotting and emitting of foul odour Roting of crown region is a characteristic symptom followed by epinasty of leaves, which dry out suddenly If affected plants are pulled out it comes out from the cro

Initially, dark green streaks appears in the veins of lower portion of the leaf midrib and the leaf stem They appear to be “bunched” at the top of the plant, the symptom for which this disease is named. Severely infected banana plants usually will not fruit, b

The disease is characterized by the presence of spindle shaped pinkish to reddish streaks on pseudostem, midrib and peduncle Typical mosaic and spindle shaped mild mosaic streaks on bracts, peduncle and fingers also observed Suckers exhibit unusual reddish bro

At the initial stage, small, circular, black spots develop on the affected fruits. Then these spots enlarge in size, turn to brown colour The skin of the fruit turns black and shrivels and becomes covered with characteristic pink acervuli. Finally the whole fi