Plantain (Musa, Abb) Pests And Disease Management

Plantain production challenges, diseases management

1. PLANTAIN ( MUSA, AAB) PESTS AND DISEASES MANAGEMENT Yao. A. Kolombia August 2024

2. Endophytes on Plantains Plantain production challenges

3. Endophytes on Plantains Low soil fertility Increased drought periods Pests and diseases The production Challenges: Major Constraints

4. Endophytes on Plantains Plantain Pests and Diseases

5. Endophytes on Plantains Pest Causal organism 53% yield loss (Coyne et al ., 2013) Nematodes Burrowing nematode ( Radopholus similis ) Root lesion nematodes ( Pratylenchus spp.) Banana spiral nematode (Helicotylenchus multicinctus ) Root-knot nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp.) The production Challenges: Biotic threats

6. Endophytes on Plantains The production Challenges: Biotic threats Pest Causal organism up to 100% yield loss (Gold et al ., 2005) Weevil Banana Weevil ( Cosmopolites sordidus )

7. Endophytes on Plantains The production Challenges: Biotic threats Black sigatoka Mycosphaerella fijiensis Yellow sigatoka Mycosphaerella musicola Fusarium wilt Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Races 1 and 2) Diseases Causal organism Yield loss: 20-50% ( Viljoen et al., 2016)

8. Endophytes on Plantains The production Challenges: Biotic threats Banana streak Banana streak virus (BSV) Banana mosaic Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) Diseases Causal organism Disease/pest Causal organism Bacterial wilt Xanthomonas campestris pv . musacearum

9. Endophytes on Plantains Pests and Diseases Management Cultural method Crop rotation Inter-cropping Field sanitation Use of pest-resistant crop varieties Hand-picking of pests or hand-weeding Deleafing Physical method Seeds sanitation Hot water treatment Chemical method Poisons Growth regulators Repellants Biological control Predators Parasites Engineered crops Regulation Quarantines Sponsored eradication program Integrated control Management (IPM)

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