Black sigatoka in Grenada

Publication Date

Thu, 11 Jan 2007, 00:00

Last Updated

Nov. 14, 2007, 9:01 a.m.

Report Number

GRD-01/2

Country

Grenada

Pest Id

Mycosphaerella fijiensis - (MYCOFI)

Report Status

Final

Hosts

Banana,plantain,bluge, (most musa spp.)

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Unknown

Geographical Distribution

Present in our main banana growing areas

Summary

Black sigatoka is a serious quarantine pest which was identified in June of 2006 by Dr.Juliane Henderson of CRC for Tropical Plant Protection. The disease can negatively affect the entire country and other countries in the region where the pest is not present.

Danger

Grenada has just resumed shipping to Trinidad, the economic loses can be tremendous, in addition,it means that we will have to import banana from St.Vincent to support the domestic supply.

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