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This review gives an account of control approaches used against the crown rot disease complex of banana in the Windward Islands during the past 20yr. Fungicide-impregnated pads which were unique to the islands and offered advantages to the smallholder production system were replaced by a mini wet-pack in which bananas are dip-treated in a fungicide suspension, a procedure which was less error-prone...
Two assessment methods for crown rot were compared: the widely used, categorical 0-5 scale and depth of rot penetration. Both were very highly correlated; the latter was more sensitive. The development of a bioassay for testing for crown rot pathogens and control methods is described. The rotting of green peel disks dipped in spore suspensions was significantly correlated with crown rot progress...
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