Bacterial head rot of banana

Abstract

Bacterial head rot of banana is also called 'rhizome rot' or 'tipover'. At Laloki Research Station, N.C.D., this disease has recently caused many newly planted banana rhizomes to die. (A rhizome is part of the stem that grows underground. Both roots and shoots grow from it). The disease is caused by a dis­tinct strain of the bacterium Erwinia caratovora.