UPDATES ABOUT PLANT CLINICS IN KASESE AND BUNDIBUGYO FOR SELECTED CROPS.

Market places	Crop	Major symptoms	Type of organism	Identification of the problem	Method of control
Busunga,Mpanga,Bubandi, in Bundibugyo and Mpondwe, Kisinga,Kiburara, Kinyabisiki and Mawa in Kasese	Banana	Yellowing, leaf fall, leaf spots, premature ripening, banana fingers not maturing, males bags also affected, leaf dryness from the top	Fungi, bacteria	BBX	Removal of the affected plant, hip and then burn
	Maize	Yellowed, slow growth, early drying of leaves, stunted growth, fruit fall,	Insect/mite, bacteria, animal, fungi	Nitrogen deficiency, weed problem	Use of pesticides
	Beans	Wilted,stunted,leaf fall, drying, dark spots and holes	Bacteria, fungi	Insect damage on the affected plant.	Remove the affected plants
	Cassava	Yellowed, stunted growth, leaf fall, rotting of the stem and fruit	Fungi, cassava mosaic	Leaves are damaged and fruits either rotting or stunted.	Remove the affected plants, spraying with pesticides.
	Cocoa	Young pods yellowing, black pods,	Bacteria, fungus, Termites, aphids	Pod rots, wilting, plucking off of the branches and fruits before ripening	Remove the affected plants and spraying with appropriate pesticides.
	Coffee	Brown patches on leaves, rust, holes in the leaves	Fungus, insects/mites	Holes developing in the berries and branches	Pruning and spraying with pesticides.
	Cabbages
	Tomatoes	Yellowing, stunted growth, rotting, nematodes,	Fungi, bacteria,	Early blight, nitrogen deficiency	Use insecticides, pesticides, mulching.

UPDATES ABOUT PLANT CLINICS IN KASESE AND BUNDIBUGYO FOR SELECTED CROPS.