David R. Jones, A. Chris Hayward and John E. Thomas
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Acrodontium leaf speckle |
Acrodontium simplex |
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Anthracnose |
Colletotrichum musae |
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Armillaria corm rot |
Armillaria mellea; A. tabescens |
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Bacterial pulp decay |
Pectobacterium chrysanthemi; Pseudomonas
sp. |
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Bacterial finger-tip rot |
Burkholderia cepacia; Pseudomonas
sp. |
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Bacterial head rot (see Bacterial rhizome rot) |
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Bacterial rhizome rot |
Pectobacterium atrospeticum; P.
carotovorum subsp. carotovorum; P. chrysanthemi |
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Bacterial wilt of wild banana |
Ralstonia solanacearum (race 1) |
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Bacterial wilt of enset and banana (see Xanthomonas wilt) |
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Black cross leaf spot |
Phyllachora musicola |
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Black end (see Squirter) |
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Black heart |
Fusarium moniliforme |
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Black leaf streak/Black Sigatoka leaf spot |
Mycosphaerella fijiensis (anamorph: Pseudocercospora
fijiensis) |
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Black root rot |
Rosellinia bunodes |
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Black Sigatoka (see Black leaf streak/Black Sigatoka leaf spot) |
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Black-tip |
Deightoniella torulosa; Verticillium
theobromae |
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Blood disease (see Blood bacterial wilt) |
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Blood bacterial wilt |
no valid name for the bacterial pathogen, but it has affinity
with Ralstonia |
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Botryodiplodia finger rot (see Finger-rot) |
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Bract mosaic |
Banana bract mosaic virus |
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Brown blotch |
Pestalotiopsis leprogena |
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Brown spot |
Cercospora hayi |
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Bugtok (= Bacterial hard pulp) |
Ralstonia solanacearum (race 2) |
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Bunchy top |
Banana bunchy top virus |
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Central American fruit speckle |
Cephalosporium sp.; Collectrotichum
musae; Cylindrocarpon sp.; Deightoniella torulosa;
Fusarium fusarioides; F. semitectum; F. tricinctum;
Penicillium roseum; Trichoderma sp.; chemical damage;
insect damage |
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Ceratocystis corm rot |
Ceratocystis paradoxa (anamorph: Chalara
paradoxa) |
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Ceratocystis fruit rot |
Ceratocystis paradoxa (anamorph: Chalara
paradoxa) |
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Cigar-end rot |
Verticillium theobromae; Trachysphaera
fructigena |
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Cladosporium leaf speckle |
Cladosporium musae = Periconiella sapientumicola |
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Cordana leaf spot |
Cordana johnstonii; C. musae |
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Crown rot
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Acremonium sp.; Acremonium strictum;
Cephalosporium sp.; Ceratocystis paradoxa; Colletotrichum
musae; Fusarium moniliforme; F. pallidoroseum;
Fusarium spp.; Lasiodiplodia theobromae; Nigrospora
spp.; Verticillium theobromae |
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Curvularia leaf speckle |
Curvularia geniculata; C. lunata |
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Cylindrocladium root rot |
Cylindrocladium gracilis; C.
spathiphylli |
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Damping-off |
Deightoniella torulosa |
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Deightoniella fruit speckle |
Deightoniella torulosa |
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Deightoniella leaf spot |
Deightoniella torulosa |
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Diamond leaf spot |
Haplobasidion musae |
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Diamond fruit spot |
Cercospora hayi plus Fusarium pallidoroseum
and/or F. solani. |
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Die-back |
Unknown; previously thought to be caused by banana die-back virus |
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Drechslera leaf spot (see Eyespot) |
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Eumusae leaf spot |
Mycosphaerella eumusae |
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Eyespot |
Drechslera gigantea; D.
musae-sapientum |
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False Panama disorder |
unknown |
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Finger rot |
Lasiodiplodia theobromae;
Trachysphaera fructigena |
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Finger soft rot |
Pectobacterium chrysanthemi |
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Freckle |
Guignardia musae (anamorph: Phyllosticta
musarum) |
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Fruit rot |
Acremonium strictum; Botryosphaeria
ribis; Drechslera musae-sapientum; D. spicifera;
Pestalotiopsis disseminata |
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Fungal root-rot |
Fusarium solani (teleomorph: Nectria
haematococca); Fusarium oxysporum; Rhizoctonia
spp. |
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Fungal scald |
Colletotrichum musae; Fusarium pallidoroseum |
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Fusarium tip-rot |
Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans |
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Fusarium wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense |
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Gumming (see Bacterial finger-tip rot) |
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Infectious chlorosis (see Mosaic) |
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Kokkan (see Bract mosaic) |
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Lasiodiplodia finger rot |
Lasiodiplodia theobromae |
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Leaf spot of plantain |
Leptosphaeria musarum |
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Main stalk rot |
Ceratocystis paradoxa; Colletotrichum
musae; Fuasarium moniliforme var. subglutinans;
Lasiodiplodia theobromae |
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Malayan leaf spot (see Diamond leaf spot) |
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Marasmiellus pseudostem and root rot |
Marasmiellus inoderma = Marasmius
semiustus |
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Mild mosaic |
Banana mild mosaic virus |
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Mixed ripe fruit |
Mycosphaerella musicola; M.
fijiensis; M. eumusae; drought; chilling |
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Mokillo (see Bacterial finger-tip rot) |
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Moko bacterial wilt |
Ralstonia solanacearum (race 2) |
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Mosaic |
Cucumber mosaic virus |
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Mycosphaerella leaf speckle |
Mycosphaerella musae |
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Panama disease (see Fusarium wilt) |
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Peduncle rot
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Colletotrichum musae; Lasiodiplodia
theobromae; Fusarium pallidoroseum; F. oxysporum; Verticillium
theobromae
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Peel rot |
Alternaria alternata |
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Pestalotiopsis leaf spot |
Pestalotiopsis palmarum |
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Phaeoseptoria leaf spot |
Phaeoseptoria musae |
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Pitting |
Pyricularia grisea |
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Premature ripening |
Mycosphaerella musicola; M.
fijiensis; M. eumusae |
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Pseudostem heart rot |
Fusarium moniliforme (teleomorph: Gibberella
fujikuroi) |
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Pseudostem wet rot |
Pectobacterium chrysanthemi |
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Ramichloridium leaf speckle |
Ramichloridium musae = Veronaea
musae = Periconiella musae
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Root and/or rhizome rot – in association with nematode lesions |
Acremonium stromaticum; Cylindrocarpon
musae; Fusarium moniliforme; F. solani; Zythia sp. |
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Rust |
Uromyces musae; Uredo musae |
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Sigatoka leaf spot/Yellow Sigatoka leaf spot |
Mycosphaerella musicola (anamorph:
Pseudocercospora musae) |
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Sooty blotch (see Sooty mould) |
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Sooty mould |
Chaetothyrina musarum; Cladosporium
atriellum; C. cladosporioides; Fumago vagans;
Microxyphium sp. |
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Speckle (see Acrodontium leaf speckle; Cladosporium leaf speckle;
Central American fruit speckle; Curvularia leaf speckle;
Deightoniella fruit speckle; Mycosphaerella leaf speckle;
Ramichloridium leaf speckle) |
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Squirter |
Nigrospora sphaerica |
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Stem dry rot |
Marasmiellus troyanus |
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Stem-end rot |
Colletotrichum musae; Ceratocystis
paradoxa |
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Streak |
Banana streak virus |
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Tapurok (see Bugtok) |
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Tibaglon (see Bugtok) |
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Tip-end rot |
Botrytis cinerea;
Dothiorella gregaria; Fusarium sp; Glomerella
cingulata; Lasiodiplodia sp.; Nattrassia mangiferae
= Hendersonula toruloidea; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum |
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Trachysphaera finger rot (see Finger-rot) |
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Xanthomonas wilt |
Xanthomonas campestris pv.
musacearum |
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Yellow Sigatoka leaf spot (see Sigatoka leaf spot) |
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Zonate leaf spot |
Bidenticula cannae |