Table 1.
Different management practices that can be used in banana production for fertilization and pest control
| Category | Type | Activity/application methods |
|---|---|---|
| Fertilization | Synthetic complete package NPK | Many applications with smaller dose or fewer applications with larger dose |
| Organic/chicken manure | ||
| Recycled banana wastes | ||
| Foliar fertilizer | Aerially | |
| Green manure | Cultivated for 3 months, then dug up and mixed back into the soil | |
| Pest control | Weeds | Herbicide application |
| Chopping weeds | ||
| Cover crop | ||
| Shade cover | ||
| Fungus | Aerial application of fungicides (systemic and protective) | |
| Planting in a mixed agroforestry system | ||
| Cutting away old and infected leaves | ||
| Density of banana plants | ||
| Eliminating weeds | ||
| Nematodes | Nematicides applied as dried granules or injected into plant | |
| AMF | ||
| In vitro meristems | ||
| Planting in a mixed agroforestry system | ||
| Natural fallow or crop rotation | ||
| Drainage | ||
| Maintaining good soil fertility with organic matter | ||
| Planting alternative host plants | ||
| Biological control program | ||
| Insects | Plastic bag treated with chlorpyrifos | |
| Biological control program | ||
| Planting in a mixed agroforestry system |