Boiling water treatment: a simple, rapid and effective technique for nematode and banana weevil management in banana and plantain (Musa spp.) planting material

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere Universityen
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2010.08.008en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0261-2194en
cg.issue12en
cg.journalCrop Protectionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaBANANAen
cg.subject.iitaDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.iitaPESTS OF PLANTSen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT DISEASESen
cg.subject.iitaPLANTAINen
cg.subject.iitaSMALLHOLDER FARMERSen
cg.volume29en
dc.contributor.authorCoyne, Danny L.en
dc.contributor.authorWasukira, A.en
dc.contributor.authorDusabe, J.en
dc.contributor.authorRotifa, I.en
dc.contributor.authorDubois, T.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-20T09:18:57Zen
dc.date.available2017-10-20T09:18:57Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89076
dc.titleBoiling water treatment: a simple, rapid and effective technique for nematode and banana weevil management in banana and plantain (Musa spp.) planting materialen
dcterms.abstractWe studied the effect of treating banana and plantain (Musa spp.) suckers using boiling water for the generation of healthy planting material. Small, medium and large-sized suckers of two East African highland bananas (cvs. Mbwazirume, Kibuzi, AAA-EA) and one of plantain (cv. Agbagba, AAB) were dipped in boiling water for 10, 20 or 30 s after root removal and corm (sucker) paring. Treatments were compared with a conventional farmer method (control), which was not pared or treated with boiling water, and also with pared only. At three months after treatment, germination, plant height and girth of plants were similar within sucker size and between treatments for each cultivar. Root health was improved by boiling water treatment for all cultivars compared to untreated controls. Boiling water treatment of suckers reduced combined nematode densities of Helicotylenchus multicinctus, Radopholus similis and Meloidogyne spp. to 0.7% of farmer controls. Boiling water-treated suckers had less banana weevil damage than controls. Treatment of pared suckers for at least 20 s and up to 30 s was highly efficient for disinfesting banana and plantain planting material. This modification of the hot water treatment is a practical adaptation, suitable for smallholder growers to improve the quality of banana and plantain planting material in smallholder farms.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2010-08-30
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCoyne, D., Wasukira, A., Dusabe, J., Rotifa, I. & Dubois, T. (2010). Boiling water treatment: a simple, rapid and effective technique for nematode and banana weevil management in banana and plantain (Musa spp.) planting material. Crop Protection, 29(12), 1478-1482.en
dcterms.extent1478-1482en
dcterms.issued2010-12
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjecthelicotylenchus multicinctusen
dcterms.subjectmeloidogyneen
dcterms.subjectmusaen
dcterms.subjectplant parasitic namatodesen
dcterms.subjectradopholus similisen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectbananasen
dcterms.subjectplantainsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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