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- Title
Significación y alcance de las pudriciones secas en Xanthosoma sagittifolium (l.) Schott y Colocasia esculenta (l.) Schott en Cuba.
- Authors
Espinosa Cuéllar, E.; Herrera Isla, L.; Folgueras Montiel, M.; Espinosa Cuéllar, A.; Dávila, A.; Veitía, N.; Cabrera Mederos, D.
- Abstract
With the objective of determining the grower perception about the importance of dry rot on tanier or taro, and the affected rhizome percentage, an interview was designed and apllied in all provinces from 2008 to 2010. The work included a total of 119 of the 159 municipalities where the crop is planted. Based on growers answers, damage caused by this syndrome was identified in 87.82% of the municipalities sampled. When harvesting is developed at the optimun moment 10 to 12 months after planting, rhizomes may show damages between 5 and 20 %. Damage will increase from 21 to 40% if harvesting takes a longer period. The origin of planting material and its management constitute one of the main causes for the disease increment. The average incidence percentage in the country was 23.61% which represent 45.37% in relation to the total planted area. The disease incidence occurs mainly in red soils and in summer season.
- Subjects
CUBA; YAUTIA; TARO; PLANT growth; PLANT growing media; SERPULA lacrymans
- Publication
Revista Centro Agricola, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 4, p5
- ISSN
0253-5785
- Publication type
Article