BANANA BRACT

MOSAIC
G.Swathika
2021004120
Local name: Kokan disease
Symptoms

Spindle shaped mosaic streaks on

bracts

Greenish to brownish spindle shaped

streaksirreguraly scattered along leaf
petioles

Pinkish spindle shaped lesions at the base of

pseudo stem loosening of leaf shape and
appear like travelers palm
In Nendran, the leaf orientation changes in such a way
giving the appearance of
‘Travelers palm’ plants .On lower side of the leaf, spindle
streaks withwaxy coating, appear corresponding to
those, on upper surface of the leaf.
In Robusta, Fingers of infected plants fail to develop and
give the appearance of ‘pencil’, locally called it pencil kai’
(pencil-sized fruit). When the pseudostem is cut
horizontally, the
necrosis was found deep seated.
Cultivars affected:

 Nendran
 Robusta
 Poovan
 Ney Poovan
 Rasthali
 Red Banana
 Monthan
 Karpuravalli

Damage:40%
Pathogen

Banana bract mosaic virus

Potyvirus
Flexible rod shaped ssRNA virus

Life style: Biotroph

Vector
Aphids (Aphis gossypii)
Aphis craccivora and
Pentalonia nigronervosa

Non persistent manner

Mode of spread

Primary:infected suckers and tissue culture

plants

Secondary:Aphids
virus free certified
propagations material
Domestic quarantining of
this disease -limit the
spread
Infected plants should
be cut and burnt
Spray Neemkosol 2.5 ml per litre or
monocrotophos 2
ml per litre to control the aphid vector.