Abstract
Banana a fruit of poor and rich is source of food and fibre. It has multiple uses of its all plant parts. However, its cultivation is hampered by many diseases like in other crops. The least known soft rot disease among farmers caused by Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora has become a threat to banana cultivation. The present study was aimed to identify suitable control measures of soft rot to avoid plunging banana yield. A field experiment was conducted for two years during 2014 and 2015 by imposing eight different treatments with three replications on 25 plants in each treatment in an orchard severely affected by soft rot. Results obtained were statistically analysed and yield was subjected to cost benefit ratio analysis. Among the treatments imposed, drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/l at 15 days interval, beginning from 15 days after planting and application of bleaching powder 25g/plant/month two inches away from pseudostem around the collar region upto four months was found most effective and recorded lowest soft rot disease incidence of 7.67 per cent during 2014 and 9.28 per cent during 2015. This treatment also recorded highest bunch yield of 32.9kg/plant during 2014, 30.03kg/plant during 2015. The pooled disease incidence was 8.47 per cent and yield of 31.47kg/plant. This treatment showed highest cost benefit ratio of 3.54 compared to control which had 1.6. Neither copper oxychloride nor the streptomycin sulphate alone or in combination could give better results as earlier reported. But their mixed application both by drenching and foliar spray had better impact and most effective when coupled with application of bleaching powder. The results conclude effective control of soft rot can be done without compromising the yield by following best treatment of the experiment.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment gave the lowest banana soft rot incidence, 7.67 per cent in 2014.
- Taxon
- bananae1
- Treatment
- drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/l at 15 days intervale0
- Interactor
- Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora
Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorume2pathogen - Outcome
- soft rot disease incidencee0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 7.67 per cente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/l at 15 days interval, beginning from 15 days after planting and application of bleaching powder 25g/plant/month two inches away from pseudostem around the collar region upto four months was found most effective and recorded lowest soft rot disease incidence of 7.67 per cent during 2014”
e1“banana cultivation”
e2“soft rot disease among farmers caused by Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment gave the lowest banana soft rot incidence, 9.28 per cent in 2015.
- Taxon
- bananae2
- Treatment
- drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/le1
- Interactor
- Erwinia carotovora subsp. CarotovoraPectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorume3pathogen
- Outcome
- soft rot disease incidencee0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 9.28 per cente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“lowest soft rot disease incidence of 7.67 per cent during 2014 and 9.28 per cent during 2015”
e1“drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/l”
e2“banana cultivation”
e3“caused by Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora”
Claim · model-written summary
The treatment gave highest banana bunch yield of 32.9kg/plant in 2014.
- Taxon
- bananae2
- Treatment
- drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/le1
- Outcome
- bunch yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 32.9kg/plante0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“This treatment also recorded highest bunch yield of 32.9kg/plant during 2014”
e1“drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/l”
e2“banana cultivation”
Claim · model-written summary
The treatment gave highest banana bunch yield of 30.03kg/plant in 2015.
- Taxon
- bananae2
- Treatment
- drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/le1
- Outcome
- bunch yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 30.03kg/plante0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“This treatment also recorded highest bunch yield of 32.9kg/plant during 2014, 30.03kg/plant during 2015”
e1“drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/l”
e2“banana cultivation”
Claim · model-written summary
Pooled soft rot incidence under the treatment was 8.47 per cent.
- Taxon
- bananae1
- Interactor
- Erwinia carotovora subsp. CarotovoraPectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorume2pathogen
- Outcome
- disease incidencee0
- Value
- 8.47 per cente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The pooled disease incidence was 8.47 per cent”
e1“banana cultivation”
e2“caused by Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora”
Claim · model-written summary
Pooled banana yield under the treatment was 31.47kg/plant.
Verbatim
e0“yield of 31.47kg/plant”
e1“banana cultivation”
Claim · model-written summary
The treatment cost benefit ratio was 3.54 versus 1.6 for control.
Verbatim
e0“This treatment showed highest cost benefit ratio of 3.54 compared to control which had 1.6”
e1“drenching and foliar spray of copper oxychloride 50WP at 3g/l + streptomycin sulphate 0.5g/l”
e2“banana cultivation”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper oxychloride and streptomycin alone or in combination did not give better results.
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Verbatim
e0“Neither copper oxychloride nor the streptomycin sulphate alone or in combination could give better results as earlier reported”
e1“banana cultivation”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that the combined treatment can control banana soft rot without compromising yield.
Verbatim
e0“The results conclude effective control of soft rot can be done without compromising the yield by following best treatment of the experiment”
e1“banana cultivation”
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