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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Tip-over disease in Banana is an important bacterial disease caused by Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora. The disease cause severe yield loss in banana particularly in tissue cultured plantations. A roving survey was conducted to assess the severity of tip-over disease of Banana in the farmer’s field of north eastern Karnataka. Survey reported highest disease incidence (20.35 %) at Muddaballi village of Koppal district. The least incidence (1.15%) was recorded in Ankammanahal village of Sandur taluk of Bellary district. Taluk wise mean incidence revealed that, highest disease incidence of 17.92 per cent was recorded in Koppal followed by Shimoga (12.0%), Gangavati (8.07%), Holalkere (7.8%) and Sagar (6.30%) taluks. The minimum incidence of 1.75 per cent was recorded in Sandur, Hospet (4.69%), Hiriyur (5.7%) taluks. District-wise, highest tip over incidence of 12.99 was recorded from Koppal followed by Shimoga (9.15%) and Chitrdurga (6.75%). Lowest incidence of 3.22 per cent was recorded in Ballari district of Karnataka. The survey revealed that, occurrence of Erwina carotovora in Banana varies with locations.