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Advanced Musa yield trial at the University of Ghana Agricultural Research Station, Kade; 2: banana weevil and nematode resistance

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Title Advanced Musa yield trial at the University of Ghana Agricultural Research Station, Kade; 2: banana weevil and nematode resistance
 
Creator Afreh-Nuamah, K.
Ahiekpor, K.S.
Ortiz, R.
Ferris, R.S.B.
 
Subject COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS
HYBRIDS
PEST RESISTANCE
FIELD EXPERIMENTATION
VARIETY TRIALS
LAND VARIETIES
PLANT NEMATODES
 
Description The Plantain and Banana Improvement Program (PBIP) of IITA has developed black Sigatoka resistant tetraploid hybrids of plantains (PITA) and cooking banana (BITA). The main selection criteria were black Sigatoka resistance, yield, and fruit quality. However, it was felt necessary to also determine the resistance of these accessions to natural infestation by banana weevil and nematodes which are the most important pests of plantains. This report concerns weevil and nematode damage during the first cycle. However, earlier work at Kade involving three local cultivars indicated that populations of weevil and nematodes take some time to build up. Consequently, their damaging effects may not be observed until after the first crop. Thus, for this type of trial, it is important that observations are made over a relatively long period of time, at least 3-4 cropping cycles, for conclusive interpretations to be made.
 
Date 2019-10-03T14:30:52Z
2019-10-03T14:30:52Z
1996
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier Afreh-Nuamah, K., Ahiekpor, K.S., Ortiz, R. & Ferris, R.S.B. (1996). Advanced Musa yield trial at the University of Ghana Agricultural Research Station, Kade; 2: banana weevil and nematode resistance. In: R. Ortiz & M. Akoroda (Eds.), Plantain and banana production and research in West and Central Africa: proceedings, regional workshop, 23-28 September 1995, Onne, Nigeria. IITA. (p.133-136).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103914
 
Language en