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Monday, January 4, 2016

Insects and Pests that Affect Bananas

Below is a list of pests and diseases that affect banana crops in Queensland.

Insect pests

  • Banana aphid
  • Banana flower thrips
  • Banana fruit caterpillar
  • Banana rust thrips
  • Banana scab moth
  • Banana weevil borer
  • Banana-silvering thrips
  • Banana-spotting and fruit-spotting bugs
  • Cluster caterpillar
  • Fruit piercing moths
  • Queensland fruit fly
  • Spider mite
  • Two-spotted mite
  • Spiralling whitefly
  • Sugarcane bud moth

Diseases

  • Bunchy top
  • Panama disease (also see Fusarium wilt )
  • Black sigatoka (leaf spot)
  • Banana bract mosaic disease
  • Banana leaf spot diseases
  • Banana freckle
  • Anthracnose
  • Choke throat
  • Rhizome soft rot
Posted by Talash Huijbers at 5:18 PM
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