First Report of Black Sigatoka Disease (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) from Trinidad
- Publication Date
- Thu, 27 Sep 2012, 00:00
- Last Updated
- Sept. 26, 2012, 9:01 a.m.
- Report Number
- TTO-06/2
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Pest Id
- Mycosphaerella fijiensis - (MYCOFI)
- Report Status
- Final
- Hosts
- Banana and Plantain
- Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )
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- Present: subject to official control
- Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)
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- Present: not widely distributed and under official control
- Geographical Distribution
- Widespread in Trinidad
- Summary
Black Sigatoka Disease was first discovered in Trinidad in November 2003. Full report in the journal Plant Pathology 54, 246 (2005).
- Danger
- Can cause severe crop loss of up to 100%
- Report files
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