The effect of nematicides on nematode populations associated with banana cultivation (Musa spp.)
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Banana cultivation is an economically important agricultural activity whose productivity can be affected by plant-parasitic nematodes that damage the root system and reduce the capacity to absorb water and nutrients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of three nematicides on nematode populations associated with banana cultivation. The research was conducted under a randomized complete block design with four treatments and five replications, evaluated over one hundred and twenty days. The percentage of functional roots, percentage of root damage, and populations of Radopholus, Helicotylenchus, Pratylenchus, and Meloidogyne were determined. The treatment with fluensulfone showed the best performance, reaching 92.8 percent functional roots at ninety days and maintaining 76.4 percent at one hundred and twenty days, whereas the untreated treatment recorded 32.0 percent. At one hundred and twenty days, fluensulfone presented populations of 3740 Radopholus, 5060 Helicotylenchus, 1100 Pratylenchus, and 660 Meloidogyne, compared with 21200, 23000, 6400, and 3400 individuals, respectively, in the untreated treatment. In conclusion, fluensulfone showed the highest efficacy and persistence in reducing nematode populations and maintaining functional roots throughout the experimental period.
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