Diseases and Pest Control of Pineapple - Names and Characteristics of Pineapple Varieties

If you want to know detailed information about pineapple pest and control system then you must read this article carefully.

Pineapple Plant IrrigationIn this article we are also discussing the names and characteristics of pineapple varieties. Besides, several other important topics have been discussed in detail, to know them, please read the entire article.

There are three varieties of pineapple. Namely

The characteristics of varieties are given below:

It is a Nabi variety of pineapple. The fruiting season is from the end of Asadha to the middle of Bhadra. The plant is quite vigorous, the leaves are long and narrow, crisp and the edges of the leaves are not barbed. Fruit almost equally thick above and below; Color of ripe fruit is green; But it turns yellow when ripe. 

The color of the shell is pale yellow. The fruit is very juicy, sweet, fragrant and tasty and has very little fruit cracking. The eyes of the fruit are shallow and covered with a white coating. Hence the convenience of machine-assisted canning and canning. This type of pineapple and its juice can be used for canning. Usually two to three seedlings emerge from leaf axils and three to four seedlings from fruit buds. Fruit weight is two to two and a half kg.

This is an early type of pineapple. The fruiting season is from the beginning of Asadha to the middle of Shravan (Mid June to the end of July). The tree is relatively small, the leaves are also small and there are thorns along the edges of the leaves. But the thorns are far apart. The color of the leaves is bluish green. 

The fruit is long; The fruit's base is thick and the fruit's weight is one and a half kilograms. The fruit's skin is dark yellow and the skin is hard The fruit is juicy and sweet. Most of the trees come out of the pods and pods

It is a medium sized pineapple. Fruiting season is Ashad-Shravan (July-August) months. Fruits are small in size (1-2 kg in weight). The fruits are green when unripe and yellow or reddish when ripe. The color of the shell is also red.

Heart rot or stem rot: C.O. Phytophthora parasitica: This disease is found in pineapple trees in irrigated land. Under the attack of this disease, the green leaves of the plant turn yellow-green and the tips of the leaves turn brown. Affected mid- leaves come off easily when pulled, and leaves have rotting spots at the base and a foul odor comes out.

The eyes of the fruit turn black due to the attack of this disease. Later the whole fruit rots.

Pineapple leaf spot disease is sometimes seen in wet weather. In the attack of this disease, small water-soaked spots are seen on the leaves. Later the spots become larger in size. The affected area gradually dries up.

Mealy bug: The larvae are white in color. They live in groups on tree trunks, leaves and fruits and continuously absorb plant sap. Affected leaves are all leaves starting from the base

fall down The stem of the ground floor can also be attacked by aphids.

Nematode: Nematodes attack pineapple plants occasionally. The flowers of the affected plants bloom. As a result, the movement of tree sap is disturbed. The growth of the plant is disrupted and the tree does not bear fruit.

Similar to banana nematode suppression.