Powdered neem seed and cake for management of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, and parasitic nematodes

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dc.contributor.authorKairu, E. W.
dc.contributor.authorMusabyimana, T.
dc.contributor.authorSaxena, R. C.
dc.contributor.authorOgol, C.K.P.O.
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Z. R.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-20T07:27:49Z
dc.date.available2014-06-20T07:27:49Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.descriptionDOI 10.1007/BF02981827en_US
dc.description.abstractField trials were conducted in Kenya with ‘Nakyetengu’, an East African highland banana cultivar (AAA-EA), highly susceptible to banana pests. Regardless of soil fertility levels, incorporation around the plant base of powdered neem(Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) seed or cake at 60-100 g/mat at 4-month intervals, gave better control of the banana weevil,Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), and of parasitic nematodes, than that achieved with soil application of Furadan 5G (carbofuran) at 60 g/mat at 6-month intervals. Compared with untreated control, fruit yield in most of the neem treatments was significantly higher, particularly during the second cycle of crop production. Neem application conferred a net economic gain, whereas Furadan application proved uneconomical. Application of powdered neem seed or cake at higher rates (200–400 g/mat) at 6-month intervals caused phytotoxicity, resulting in drying up of banana plants before fruiting, or in ‘chokethroat’,i.e., inflorescence emergence failure.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPhytoparasitica December 2000, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 321-330
dc.identifier.issn0334-2123
dc.identifier.other1876-7184
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/10047
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.subjectBananaen_US
dc.subjectMusa sppen_US
dc.subjectneemen_US
dc.subjectAzadirachta indicaen_US
dc.subjectbanana weevilen_US
dc.subjectCosmopolites sordidusen_US
dc.subjectnematodesen_US
dc.subjectPratylenchus goodeyien_US
dc.subjectMeloidogyne sppen_US
dc.titlePowdered neem seed and cake for management of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, and parasitic nematodesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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