The multi-million shilling banana industry is being threatened by banana bunchy top, a disease that causes banana leaves to sprout from the top of the plant stunting growth. The viral disease that ...

BBTV, spread by banana aphids, causes Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD), which severely stunts banana plants, leading to significant yield losses for farmers. A scientist at the International ...

Furthermore, virus such as banana streak and bunchy top disease are also spread through suckers. Given these inadequacies, the traditional banana farming results in high mortality rates in the field.