Abstract
This study investigated the effect of applying selected banana pest control treatments on management of banana weevils. The data was collected on 283 banana plants picked at random; from 29 farmers selected using a snowball sampling technique. Treatments used were ethnomedicinal products, synthetic chemicals, cultural practices in plantation planted from suckers and those planted from tissue culture. Since data was spatially collected, it was analyzed using Restricted Maximum likelihood Estimator (REML). REML was used to estimate the PCI after a square root transformation. The statistical analysis indicated a significant difference between plantations where synthetic chemicals, clean planting materials (tissue culture), cultural practices and ethnomedicinal products were used. There was also significant variation resulting from different varieties grown. However, there was no significant variation resulting from the response of different varieties to the different treatments. Results also indicated that garden where the cleaning materials had been used had the least percentage of banana weevil infection. This study found out that there was no significant difference in damage caused by banana weevils in banana plantations where synthetic chemicals and ethnomedicinal extracts were applied. Thus given the results, the study concluded that ethnomedicinal products can be used by farmers to manage banana weevils. The study recommends that further studies should be carried out to assess efficacy of the identified potential plants with pesticidal properties under controlled experiment.
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Claim · model-written summary
Banana weevil damage differed significantly among plantations using the four management approaches.
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e0“The statistical analysis indicated a significant difference between plantations where synthetic chemicals, clean planting materials (tissue culture), cultural practices and ethnomedicinal products were used.”
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Banana weevil damage varied significantly among varieties.
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- bananae1
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- different varietiese0
- Interactor
- Banana Weevilst0pest
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- significant variatione0
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t0“Banana Weevils”
e0“There was also significant variation resulting from different varieties grown.”
e1“banana plants”
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Varieties did not differ significantly in their response to treatments.
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t0“Banana Weevils”
e0“there was no significant variation resulting from the response of different varieties to the different treatments.”
e1“banana plants”
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Gardens using cleaning materials had the least banana weevil infection.
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- bananae0
- Treatment
- cleaning materialse0
- Interactor
- banana weevile0pest
- Outcome
- banana weevil infectione0
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- leaste0
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e0“garden where the cleaning materials had been used had the least percentage of banana weevil infection”
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Banana weevil damage did not differ significantly between synthetic chemicals and ethnomedicinal extracts.
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e0“no significant difference in damage caused by banana weevils in banana plantations where synthetic chemicals and ethnomedicinal extracts were applied”
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The authors conclude farmers can use ethnomedicinal products to manage banana weevils.
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e0“ethnomedicinal products can be used by farmers to manage banana weevils”
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The authors recommend controlled experiments on the efficacy of potential pesticidal plants.
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e0“further studies should be carried out to assess efficacy of the identified potential plants with pesticidal properties under controlled experiment”
e1“banana plants”
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