Major Weeds of Ecuador. III. Plantains

Ricardo Labrada

doi:10.31031/mcda.2021.09.000707

Abstract

Highlights

The Canton “El Carmen”, called the Golden Gate of Manabí, is located in the coastal region of Ecuador in an extensive plain crossed by the Suma River, in the foothills of the Western Mountain Range of the Andes, at an altitude of 236 meters above sea level
Half of the fields checked during winter or rainy period (December-May), while the rest during summer or dry season (June to November)
Weed flora changes according to herbicide use in both seasons, but G. macropoda is again the prevailing species in paraquat-treated fields during the rainy season and in glyphosate-treated and hand-weeded areas during dry season

Summary

Introduction

The Canton “El Carmen”, called the Golden Gate of Manabí, is located in the coastal region of Ecuador in an extensive plain crossed by the Suma River, in the foothills of the Western Mountain Range of the Andes, at an altitude of 236 meters above sea level. Crop management in plantains mainly consists of weeding and desuckering, deleafing is common in areas affected by black sigatoka disease, fertilization is not often practiced in plantations, and pest control is hardly done. It is for this reason that the potential yields are rarely achieved [2]. The best way to control weeds is through previous knowledge of those species with the highest frequency/abundance and the factors that determine their presence in the crop during the two seasons of the year (dry and rainy) in the coastal zone of Ecuador. The present study conducted throughout the 2014 dry period and the 2015 rainy period in plantain of El Carmen focused this purpose

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