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Dr G ARJUNAN Former Professor of Plant Pathology Tamilnadu Agricultural University Coimbatore 641 003 INDIA
Management: Planting resistant varieties like Rajavazhai, Peyladen, Moongil, Poovan, Vamanakeli are recommended for planting. Susceptible varieties like Gros Michel, Monthan Karpooravalli and Rasthali should be avoided. Infected plants should be removed and destroyed. After removal and destruction of affected plants with the rhizome, the pits have to be treated with lime at 1 to 2 kg/pit. Banana shouldn't be cultivated for 3 or 4 years in the infected fields. Rice or sugarcane can be grown in rotation to reduce the disease. Healthy planting material should be obtained from disease free areas and used for new planting. Improvement of drainage is also recommended. Flood fallowing for 6 to 24 months has also been found as an effective method of reclaiming infested soils. When the disease is noticed in early stage itself chemical control will be effective. Capsule application is done 2, 4 and 6 months after planting by filling the capsules with carbendazim 50 WP at the rate of 60 mg per capsule. In each plant one capsule is applied to the hole made at an angle of 45 diagonally in the diseased corm. The capsule may be filled with the biocontrol agent, Pseudomonas fluorescens at the rate of 60mg/capsule instead of filling the capsule with carbendazim. If the capsule is not available, the hole may be filled with 3 ml of 2 per cent carbendazim solution. Vapam 0.01 per cent or thiram 0.15 per cent as soil drench and dipping of suckers in carbendazim 0.1 per cent solution before planting followed by bimonthly soil drenching starting from six months after planting gives good control. Since the burrowing nematode predisposes the wilt incidence, control of this nematode will minimize the wilt disease. For this, pare the corm, dip the corm in clay slurry and sprinkle 40g of carbofuran 3G over the corm.