Improvement of banana yields with nematicides.



  • Authors : Gowen, S.R.

  • Document type : Conference paper

  • Year of publication : 1975

  • Conference : 8th British Insecticide and Fungicide Conference, Brighton, 1975/11/17-20

  • Book title : British Insecticide and Fungicide Proceedings, Volume 1

  • Publisher(s) : British Crop Protection Council (BCPC)

  • Place of publication : United Kingdom

  • Pages : 121-125

  • Language(s) : English

  • Abstract : In field trials on St. Lucia and St. Vincent, Windward Islands, beginning in 1972, significantly increased yields and reduced bunch losses of banana resulted from the application, at planting, after 2 months and subsequently every 4 months, of ethoprop at 5g/plant (reduced in 1974 to 3g/plant), carbofuran, at 2.5g/plant, oxamyl at 6g a.i./plant (reduced in 1974 to 3g/plant) phenamiphos at 3g/pl...

  • Keywords : YIELDS; NEMATODE CONTROL; NEMATICIDES; WINDWARD ISLANDS; PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES

  • Open access : No

  • Musalit document ID : IN140084


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