Intercropping for BBTD management

Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is transmitted persistently by the banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel. To effectively and sustainably manage BBTV threat, this study was conducted to determine the effect of intercropping on BBTV spread and aphid population dynamics. A field experiment was planted in September 2013; four plantain cultivars,-2 local plantains (Essong, Ebang) and two hybrids (PITA 23, PITA 24)- were intercropped with improved cassava variety (TMS 96/0023). Data were collected on aphid abundance and BBTD incidence. for 24 months, differences were observed in aphid abundance and disease incidence between plantain cultivars. Although no significant differences were observed between intercropping and monocropping, curves of aphid dynamics and disease progress showed that, in general the rate of aphid population growth and rate of BBTD spread were higher after cassava harvest. Besides, cassava has added value to the total income of the field.

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aphid_on_plant.csvcsv
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Field	Value
Creator	Ngatat, Sergine
Creator Affiliation	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Creator ID Type	ORCID
Creator ID	0000-0002-5786-3865
Subject Vocab (AGROVOC/GACS/CAB)	Intercropping,Plantain,Cassava,Aphids,Cameroon
Subject(s)	BBTD,BBTD management,BBTV
Publisher	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Contributor Person	R. Hanna, A.Lienou. J., Enoh, A. Fotso Kuate, K.K.M. Fiaboe and P.L. Kumar
Contributor Role	Supervisor
Contributor Project Lead Organisation Center	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Contributor Project Lead Center	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Contributor CRP	CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Banana(RTB)
Contributor Partner	Not applicable
Contributor Donor	CGIAR program Roots, Tubers and Banana
Contributor Project	Banana bunchy top disease control-RTB
Project ID
Contributor Affiliation	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Open-Access status	Open Access
Production Date	2017-05-25
Embargo End Date	2022-02-09
Content Type	Dataset
File Format	csv
Identifier Type	DOI
Identifier	https://doi.org/10.25502/nvjr-6320/d
Identifier Citation
Source	Banana bunchy top disease control-RTB
Language	English
Relation	Not applicable
Agroecological Zone	Humid warm tropics
Coverage Region	Central Africa
Coverage country	Cameroon
Coverage Admin Unit	Not applicable
Coverage Y (Latitude)	2.133
Coverage X (Longitude)	10.533
Coverage Start Date	2013-01-12
Coverage End Date	2015-09-04
Contact	Ngatat, Sergine; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Contact Email	s.ngatat@cgiar.org
Restriction	CC-Zero
Email Permission	None
Rights	CC-Zero