Re: How to prevent disease introduction when moving banana pups between countries?
Thank you very much for the links Tony!!!
They are very helpful!
That should take care of the nematodes,weevils and any other hitchhiker bugs. Now we are left with Sigatoka and the various virus.
Does paring and boiling take care of Sigatoka as well? If i cut the pseudostem of the sucker short,will boiling kill any tissues of the disease left along with possible fallen spores or does it need a separate treatment and with what? Pesticides/fungicides are last resort for me and would prefer not to use them.
From what i have read,most virus do not get transmitted mechanically,without their host bugs. Would it be possible to check for their presence while the sucker is establishing in a pot and still small and kept in a confined,indoor environment? Would such a check assure normal growth in the future?
If a certain virus is present but remains asymptomatic,is there anything bad in that?
Thank you very much in advance!
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