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Farmers across the country are leaving traditional farming and turning to modern farming to get more profit. For this, along with bringing changes in sowing, irrigation, they are also growing new types of crops. However, there are many risks involved in growing new varieties of crops because the possibility of new diseases increases in them. Something similar is happening with the farmers growing banana crop. Panama Wilt disease has emerged as a new problem for the banana farmers across the country. This disease is destroying their crops worth millions, due to which the growing trend of farmers towards modern farming is going in vain. Although this disease was first seen in foreign countries, due to which the banana crop of the farmers there was ruined. So let’s know the symptoms and prevention measures of this disease –
Farmers across the country are leaving traditional farming and turning to modern farming to get more profit. For this, along with bringing changes in sowing, irrigation, they are also growing new types of crops. However, there are many risks involved in growing new varieties of crops because the possibility of new diseases increases in them. Something similar is happening with the farmers growing banana crop. Panama Wilt disease has emerged as a new problem for the banana farmers across the country. This disease is destroying their crops worth millions, due to which the growing trend of farmers towards modern farming is going in vain. Although this disease was first seen in foreign countries, due to which the banana crop of the farmers there was ruined. So let’s know the symptoms and preventive measures of this disease.
What is Panama wilt disease? (What causes banana Panama wilt?)
It is a disease caused by fungus, which was seen in many countries of the world including America, Australia, Africa, Taiwan for the last few years. This disease completely ruined the banana crop of the farmers there. At the same time, this disease has become a cause of trouble for the farmers of the country for a few years. Actually, Panama wilt is caused by a fungus called Fusarium wilt TIR-2. Which stops the growth of banana plants. Talking about the symptoms of this disease, the leaves of the banana plant turn brown and fall and the stem also starts rotting. It is considered a very fatal disease which destroys the entire banana crop. In our country, there is a huge outbreak of this disease in the months of May and June. It is believed that the effect of this disease increases with increasing heat.
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Where is the effect of Panama Wilt disease in ?
Banana crop is grown in in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The areas affected by Panama Wilt disease are Katihar and Purnia of Bihar, Faizabad, Barabanki, Maharajganj of Uttar Pradesh, Surat of Gujarat and Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Here the farmers could not understand this disease at first. They kept spraying insecticide thinking it to be some other disease but there was no effect. According to Dr. Shailendra Rajan, director of the Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture (CISH), when scientists found out on the basis of the problem of farmers, it came to the fore as Panama Wilt disease. Dr. Rajan says that this disease originated from a field. In the second field, irrigation reaches through shovel-hoe.
How do you control the wilt of bananas in Panama?
Regarding its prevention, Dr. Shailendra Rajan, director of the Central Subtropical Horticulture Institute, says that this disease can be overcome by the collective efforts of scientists and farmers. They say that there is no effective medicine for Panama Wilt in the whole world. Although the scientists of CISH have made a medicine named ISAR-Fusicant. Farmers of Bihar and other states have benefited from the use of this medicine. His crop worth lakhs of rupees has been saved. For the last three years, CISH is trying to save the banana crop of the farmers. That’s why efforts are being made to deliver this medicine to the farmers across the country. Although Dr. Rajan says that ISAR-Fusicant is not available in sufficient quantity right now, but this shortcoming can be removed soon.
Writer – Shyam Dangi
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English Summary: what is panama wilt disease of banana and its management Published on: 24 August 2020, 05:05 IST
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