Management of Burrowing Nematode (Radopholus similis) in banana cv. Rajapuri (Musa aab)

An Experiment was conducted during 2008-2010 and 2010-2011 at KRC College of Horticulture, Arabhavi UHS, Bagalkot. Results revealed that, the treatment carbofuran @ 40g/plant effectively reduced the nematode population followed by neem cake @500 g/plant, press mud @ 5 kg/plant and growing Tagetus around the basin. The root necrosis was lowest (18.47%) in the treatment of carbofuran @ 40 g/plant followed by neem cake @ 500 g/plant (23.11%) and press mud @ 5 kg/plant (24.80%). The plant height was highest in the treatment of growing Tagetus around the basin (1.67 m) followed by press mud (1.65 m). With regard to yield, the highest yield (28.71 t/ha) was obtained in the treatment of carbofuran @ 40g/plant followed by neem cake (26.55 t/ha) and press mud (25.31 t/ha).The B/C ratio was more in the treatment of press mud (5.41) followed by carbofuran (5.17), growing Tagetus around the basin (4.87) and neem cake (4.63).