• K.Sanjeevkumar
• A.Muthukumar
• S.Kumar
• T.Sivakumar
• P.Balabaskar

Banana (Musa spp.) is one of the earliest crops cultivated by man which still remains to be the world’s most important fruit crop. Among the diseases affecting banana, Panama disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp cubense is considered as one of the major constraints to banana production worldwide. Several strategies have been adopted to manage the disease with limited success. Hence, an attempt was made to develop an integrated approach involving a new biocontrol agent Serratia marcescens along with FYM and micronutrient mixture for the management of the disease. The results revealed that, the combination treatment involving “Basal application of FYM plus sucker treatment plus soil application of S. Marcescens and micronutrient mixture” significantly reduced the panama wilt incidence of banana (7.95 %) to the minimum and increased the plant growth and yield parameters to the maximum in both plant and ratoon crops of banana CV. Monthan.

Fusarium wilt, Serratia marcescens, F. oxysporum f.sp. cubense, ratoon crop, Integrated management

"Efficacy of application of S. marcescens, FYM and micronutrient mixture on the incidence of Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (E.F.Smith) Snyder and Hansan) of main and ratoon crop of banana", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.731-741, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903210.pdf

"Efficacy of application of S. marcescens, FYM and micronutrient mixture on the incidence of Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (E.F.Smith) Snyder and Hansan) of main and ratoon crop of banana", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp731-741, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903210.pdf