Management

Small, black, circular specks on the skin- sunken & coalesce to form large spots.
Bright salmon-coloured conidial mass appears on the spots.
Severely infected fruits become dark due to blemishes.
Acervuli also develop on the skin and the pulp becomes partially soft.
Non-latent infection usually starts during or after the harvest of bunches in small peel wounds and it continues to develop without a dormant period.
Many latent infections at the time of harvest show large number of appressoria on the surface of the peel.
The spread of the disease is by air-borne conidia and numerous insects which frequently visit banana flowers also spread the disease.
Temp.30 to 35°C and RH- 85.7 -100 %

Post harvest dipping of fruits in Carbendazim 400 ppm, or Benomyl 1000 ppm, or Aureofunginsol 100 ppm.


Dark brown patches on immature fruits	Fruit turns black and shrivel	Whole bunch turns black