Artículo
Un sistema bioclimático para el pronóstico de la sigatoka negra en plátano
Fecha
1993Autor
Jiménez Otárola, Francisco
Escalant, Jean-Vicent
Gribius, Nicolas
Resumen
The relationship between accumulated rainfall duration and the infection level of leaf number four of the plantains was used to construct a bioclimatic forecasting system of the black Sigatoka disease (Mycosphaerella fijiensis). This system permits the determination of the most opportune timing for fungicide applications. The systems is simple, has a predictive character of two weeks and has been tested with success under field conditions in Turrialba, Costa Rica