Banana is called Apple of paradise and you should take care of it as a banana farmer because when your management is good your profit will be good. Here I will tell you what are all the intercultural operations to be done in banana farm for getting maximum yield and maximum profit. The intercultural operations for getting maximum profit are as follows, 1.Desuckering: You can see many suckers arising around a main Banana plant .These suckers will consume energy that goes to main stem that may lead to poor bunch formation with poor quality fruits. So you should remove the suckers that formed around the mother banana plant for better growth ,development and yield. Hence removal of unwanted suckers is called desuckering But don't remove all suckers, leave a sucker which is arised during the flowering of the mother plant. Because that sucker is required for next c...
Chilli leaf curl virus: Belong to genus Begomo virus Transmitted by insect vector white fly( Bemesia tabaci) Symptoms : The affected leaves curl upward towards midrib and give cup like appearance. The affected plants shows dwarf growth due to shortened internode The affected plants not set any fruits. Control measures : Medicines are not find for most of the viral diseases in plants Uproot and burn the affected plants. Crop rotation should be done. Don't plant chilli crop again and again in the same field (monoculture). spreading of virus is controlled by controlling white flies since it spreads through white flies White flies can be controlled by spraying Dimethoate or Acephate Plant maize or sorghum plants around your chilli field .These plants will restrict white flies entering into your filed.