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» Banana Bunchy Top Virus - This virus is one of the worst diseases of the banana. It is spread by aphids and has no known cure.

» Banana Bunchy Top Virus - Notes on the symptoms of this disease, the conditions that favor its development and preventative control measures.

» Banana Diseases - Information on the diseases that may affect bananas and their causal agents.

» Banana Root Borer: Cosmopolites sordidus - Illustrated information on this pest, its distribution, description, life cycle, biology, hosts and management.

» Banana Weevil Borer - Information on this pest and its life history, the damage it causes, husbandry methods, trapping and other means of control.

» Bananas - Photograph showing leaf damage caused by black Sigatoka.

» Black Sigatoka - Information from Wikipedia on this leaf spot disease of bananas caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis, which can seriously reduce the crop yield.

» Black Sigatoka - Photographs and information on this devastating fungal disease of bananas, its appearance, occurrence and significance.

» Bunchy Top - Photographs and information on this viral disease of bananas, its appearance, control and significance.

» List of Banana and Plantain Diseases - From Wikipedia, a list of the bacterial, fungal and virus diseases and parasitic nematodes which can attack bananas and plantains.

» Panama Disease Control - Information on this disease of bananas caused by the Fusarium wilt fungus, the different strains, the symptoms and control.

» Red Palm Mite: Raoiella indica - Information from USDA on this invasive pest of coconut palms and banana plants. [PDF]

» Sigatoka Leaf Spot Diseases - Article on these diseases affecting bananas and plantains and the environmental damage that may be caused by the fungicide used to control them, with photographs of the black and the less serious yellow sigatoka.

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