Management

  • Removal and destruction of affected leaves.
  • Keep the banana field as weed free and remove the suckers timely.
  • Avoid planting at close spacing.
  • Provide proper drainage and avoid water logging in the fields which favours infection.
  • Spray   3 times with Carbendazim 0.1 per cent or Propicanozole 0.1 % or Mancozeb 0.25% and teepol (sticking agent) at 10-15 days interval, as the disease starting from initial appearance of leaf specks .