Evaluation of benomyl, thiabendazole, benzene thiophanate and methyl thiophanate for control of banana stem end rot disease (Gloeosporium musarum)

Abstract

In two experiments in Western Samoa, benomyl gave better control of stem end rot disease of banana fruit over a range of concentrations and times of dipping than two new Japanese fungicides or several formulations of thiabendazole. Methyl thiophanate was comparable with thiabendazole but gave a better control when there was a time delay between inoculation and dipping the fruit. There was little difference between the thiabendazole formulations, all of which failed to give adequate control of the disease when there was a time delay between inoculation and dipping the fruit. Benzene thiophanate was the least satisfactory of the fungicides tested.