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dchapman
10-09-2015, 06:37 PM
I'm curious if anyone here has a black sigatoka infection? If so, how do you manage it? Does it affect your bananas much? I suspect I have it and am really concerned about the impact to my acre of bananas :(

Kat2
10-09-2015, 07:46 PM
I seriously doubt you have it; I'm pretty certain I don't. But why do you think your acre is infected? Do you have pictures of your plants? Where are they located? Have others in the region reported problems?

dchapman
10-09-2015, 08:00 PM
Hahah. Yeah, hopefully I don't. Hopefully my bananas don't as well...

I'm in Southwest Florida. Here's some pics from advanced stage to just starting to show symptoms. The oldest 1-3 leaves tend to be affected and newer leaves appear healthy. I'd appreciate any insight.

http://i.imgur.com/SEY9t4v.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/aUbRt7r.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rH1UY42.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IJ7GpEp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zRnX85t.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8LBLOFx.jpg

Kat2
10-09-2015, 09:52 PM
Thanks for the pictures. I have nothing like that on my plants. I don't know what it is (rank amateur) but that doesn't look good. Hoping someone who has a clue will find this thread.