[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF POST-HARVEST FUNGAL PESTS OF DESSERT BANANA (Musa acuminata) IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Bertrand",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Elisée",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "seydou",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Vincent",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Patrick",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Daouda",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2025]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "35",
  "issue": "1",
  "page": "293-306",
  "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2025.1.0024",
  "abstract": "<p>Banana&nbsp;<span lang=\"FR\">is</span>the world's<span lang=\"FR\">fourth most important crop of the food market next to rice, wheat and maize</span>. In C&ocirc;te d'Ivoire, banana is the third most important food crop. However, this crop is prone to several fungal diseases which hamper its post-harvest preservation. To control postharvest fungal diseases and with a view to finding an alternative to chemical control, the efficacy of the Bio-fungicides NECO 50 EC, ASTOUN 50 EC, PRORALY 50 EC, and FERCA 50&nbsp;<em>in vitro</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>in vivo</em>&nbsp;were tested on postharvest fungi of dessert banana. Explants of the banana epidermis showing characteristic symptoms of phytopathogenic fungi and arranged in completely randomized design, were removed using a slide and cultured on PDA medium in Petri dishes. this study was repeated five times. Different concentrations of Bio-fungicides at 100, 200, 400, 500 and 1000 ppm incorporated into PDA culture media before fungus cultivation were used to assess bio-fungicide efficacy. Three fungal pathogens:&nbsp;<em>Colletotrichum</em>&nbsp;sp.,&nbsp;<em>Fusarium</em>&nbsp;sp., and&nbsp;<em>Botryodiplodia</em>&nbsp;sp. were found. associated with symptomatic banana fruits. The highest growth inhibition of phytopathogenic fungi was obtained with the synthetic fungicide MIRAGE 450 EC (62.88%) at 0.5 ppm and the bio-fungicide ASTOUN 50 EC (60.78%) at 1000 ppm. With NECO 50 EC Bio-fungicide at 1000 ppm, an inhibition of 57.07% was achieved. In contrast, the lowest average inhibition of 37.42% was recorded with the bio-fungicide FERCA 50 EC . In view of their efficacy in&nbsp;<em>in vivo</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>in vitro</em> experiments, these Bio-fungicides could be used as an alternative to synthetic fungicides in the control of postharvest diseases of dessert banana.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2024-JAPS-1810"
}]