Open AccessTítulo en español.
Author(s) -
C. A. Shillingford
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v63i1.10308
Subject(s) - humanities , geography , horticulture , art , biology
Neck and crown rots of Jamaica-grown bananas (Musa sp.) are caused principally by Colletotrichum musae and Fusarium semitectum. Severity of decay and shrinkage of export fruit were positively correlated with periods of high temperature in the field, but there was no correlation with rainfall. High moisture is known to favour infection, but hot, dry conditions predisposed banana fruits to rapid decay. Control of neck and crown rots should include retardation of disease development by storage at low temperature and high humidity.