Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda
In this study, both healthy tissue culture plantlets and maiden suckers of the Nakitembe cultivar were used to assess the damage level variation caused by banana weevils collected from different banana growing regions. Seventy-nine (79) tissue culture plantlets and fifty (50) suckers were establishe...
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| author | Twesigye, C.K. Ssekatawa, K. Kiggundu, A. Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K. Matovu, E. Karamura, E.B. |
| author_browse | Karamura, E.B. Kiggundu, A. Matovu, E. Ssekatawa, K. Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K. Twesigye, C.K. |
| author_facet | Twesigye, C.K. Ssekatawa, K. Kiggundu, A. Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K. Matovu, E. Karamura, E.B. |
| author_sort | Twesigye, C.K. |
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| description | In this study, both healthy tissue culture plantlets and maiden suckers of the Nakitembe cultivar were used to assess the damage level variation caused by banana weevils collected from different banana growing regions. Seventy-nine (79) tissue culture plantlets and fifty (50) suckers were established in buckets in a randomized complete block design for 5 months. Ten adult weevils (5 females and 5 males) were introduced at the base of each plant, and the buckets were covered with a weevil proof mesh. Weevil damage was estimated as a percentage at 60 days after the weevil introduction by estimating the peripheral damage (PD), total cross section corm damage (XT ) and above the collar damage (ACD). |
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| spelling | CGSpace977672025-11-12T05:43:58Z Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda Twesigye, C.K. Ssekatawa, K. Kiggundu, A. Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K. Matovu, E. Karamura, E.B. musa bananas insect diseases curculionidae damage In this study, both healthy tissue culture plantlets and maiden suckers of the Nakitembe cultivar were used to assess the damage level variation caused by banana weevils collected from different banana growing regions. Seventy-nine (79) tissue culture plantlets and fifty (50) suckers were established in buckets in a randomized complete block design for 5 months. Ten adult weevils (5 females and 5 males) were introduced at the base of each plant, and the buckets were covered with a weevil proof mesh. Weevil damage was estimated as a percentage at 60 days after the weevil introduction by estimating the peripheral damage (PD), total cross section corm damage (XT ) and above the collar damage (ACD). 2018-12 2018-10-23T13:12:08Z 2018-10-23T13:12:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97767 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Twesigye, C.K.; Ssekatawa, K.; Kiggundu, A.; Tushemereirwe, W.; Matovu, E.; Karamura, E. (2018). Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda. Agriculture & Food Security Vol. 7, 8 p. ISSN: 2048-7010 |
| spellingShingle | musa bananas insect diseases curculionidae damage Twesigye, C.K. Ssekatawa, K. Kiggundu, A. Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K. Matovu, E. Karamura, E.B. Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda |
| title | Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda |
| title_full | Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda |
| title_short | Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda |
| title_sort | corm damage caused by banana weevils cosmopolites sordidus germar collected from different banana growing regions in uganda |
| topic | musa bananas insect diseases curculionidae damage |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97767 |
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