Cigar-End Rot of Banana
Trachysphaera fructigena
Bananafungal
A fungal disease starting at the flower end of the finger, resembling a burned cigar tip.
Symptoms
A dry, gray, cigar-ash-like rot develops at the flower end of individual fingers, spreading from retained dead flower parts.
Favorable conditions
- •Humid conditions after bunch emergence
- •Retained dead flower parts left on developing fingers
Management
- 1Remove dead floral remnants promptly after bunch emergence
- 2Apply fungicide sprays where the disease is a recurring problem
- 3Improve bunch airflow through proper spacing
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