Management
- The banana gardens should be
kept free from weeds.
- Infected suckers should not be
used for planting.
- Weeds in the nearby areas
should be removed as the virus survives in them in off-season.
- Growing pumpkin, cucumber and
other cucurbits between the rows of banana crop should be avoided.
- Early detection by regular
inspection of planting and eradication of diseased plants from the field
as soon as they are noticed.
- Control of insect vector by
spraying Phosphomidon at 1 ml per litre or methyl demeton at 2 ml per
litre.