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

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Field 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.

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  1. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

    T. Musabyimana, R. C. Saxena & Z. R. Khan

  2. Dept. of Zoology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

    E. W. Kairu & C. K. P. O. Ogol

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Musabyimana, T., Saxena, R.C., Kairu, E.W. et al. Powdered neem seed and cake for management of the banana weevil,cosmopolites sordidus, and parasitic nematodes. Phytoparasitica 28, 321–330 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981827

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