Yield response of four popular banana varieties from southeast Asia to infection with a population of Radopholus similis from Davao, Philippines

Issue Date

1-2012

Abstract

The yield response of four popular banana cultivars from southeast Asia to infection with a population of Radopholus similis collected from banana in Davao, Philippines, was investigated in a microplot experiment. Bunch weight reduction of nematode-infected plants ranged from 25 to 68% for all four southeast Asian banana cultivars and Grand Nain (AAA), the susceptible reference cultivar included in the study. The banana cv. Latundan (AAB) had a nematode population density of 185, 38 and 27 nematodes at 6 months after planting, flowering and harvesting, respectively, and a low bunch weight reduction (25%) compared with the other banana cultivars examined, possibly suggesting that this cultivar is partially resistant to R. similis. Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2012.

Source or Periodical Title

Nematology

ISSN

1388-5545

Volume

14

Issue

7

Page

889-897

Document Type

Article

Language

English

Subject

Burrowing nematode, Cv. Latundan, Host response, Microplot experiment, Musa, Partial resistance

Identifier

doi:10.1163/156854112X632196.

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yes

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